Part One: Historical Perspective (of the Chesapeake Bay)

Authors

Kenneth Lasson, University of Baltimore School of LawFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

3-1970

Abstract

This study analyzes the legal problems in the development and management of Chesapeake Bay resources. There are threshold problems of definition - What is Chesapeake Bay? What are its resources? What role does law play in their development and management?

The "Historical Perspective" traces the political controversies that have involved the Bay since the colonies of Maryland and Virginia were first founded. In a rough sense, it defines the traditional resources of the Bay by isolating occasions when individuals, businesses and governmental bodies found themselves at cross-purposes as to how the Bay was to be used and shared.

Recommended Citation

Part One: Historical Perspective (of the Chesapeake Bay), in Chesapeake Bay in Legal Perspective (Garrett Power, ed., 1970)