Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
In several recent cases considering claims that regulatory measures addressing rising sea levels violate the Takings Clause, courts have given significant normative weight to traditional common law rules, even when such rules have long been superseded by statutory provisions. This essay argues that giving analytic precedence to such common law baselines lacks justification and can pose serious obstacles to reasonable measures to adapt to climate change.
Publication Citation
11 Vt. J. Envtl. L. 627-642 (2010)
Scholarly Commons Citation
Byrne, J. Peter, "Rising Seas and Common Law Baselines: A Comment on Regulatory Takings Discourse Concerning Climate Change" (2010). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 338.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/338