10/29
2012
Lecture
CANCELED - Beach Access: A seagull's view of public and private rights under the Public Trust Doctrine
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Marine Science Center Room 221
Biddeford Campus
Dennis H. Esposito
Free and open to the public
The lecture will discuss a historic overview of the Public Trust Doctrine from its origins in Roman Law to present day application on the shores of Goose Rocks Beach in Maine. An audience discussion will focus on the problems stakeholders face in the application of a varied State by State approach to this dynamic concept of the public rights to the shore and individual shorefront owners right to privacy and exclusion.
Address
Marine Science Center Room 221
United States