UID:
almafu_9959233494702883
Format:
1 online resource (295 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-55336-4
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0-8203-3657-2
Content:
The first book-length analysis of the OHWL (ordinary high water line) doctrine and its legal, technical, and cultural underpinnings. Sara Warner not only covers the historical function of the OHWL but tells how advances in science and our environmental attitudes have led us to a more complex encounter with this ancient boundary.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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A case of conflict : growth, science, tradition -- The Kissimmee River story : empire and ecology -- Custom, criteria, and community : clarifying the OHWL concept -- Drawing the line : the changing status of the natural world -- Lawyers, landowners, surveyors, and the state : the OHWL language wars -- A new low for the ordinary high water line : the demand for certainty -- Down to the waterline : the nature of our place.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8203-2703-4
Language:
English