La aplicación de la doctrina del Public Trust en Estados Unidos: de la protección de los bienes comunes a la conservación del medio ambiente

Identifier:  imarina:7979609

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina7979609

Authors:  Cabot, MD

Abstract:
In the protection of the commons in the United States from the 19th century to the present, the public trust doctrine has played a determining role. This doctrine, inheriting from the Roman legal tradition, bases its conceptual structure on a trust relationship between agent and principal, and it was initially invoked to safeguard the common property from its enclosure and privatization. Over the years, it has become a key legal instrument for environmental protection. In this article I give an account of its evolution and current application.