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The public trust doctrine in the sea - Bringing it back home (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bradshaw, N., Bean, E., & Appleby, T. (2018, September). The public trust doctrine in the sea - Bringing it back home

This research was part of a PhD supervised by Dr Thomas Appleby and Dr Enda Hayes at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK, members of the International Water Security Network: www.watersecuritynetwork.org/uk-coastal-governance/... Read More about The public trust doctrine in the sea - Bringing it back home.

UK coastal governance: Enhancing collaborative governance mechanisms for stewardship (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bradshaw, N., Hayes, E., & Appleby, T. (2018, June). UK coastal governance: Enhancing collaborative governance mechanisms for stewardship. Poster presented at British Council workshop for Post Graduate Researchers, South Africa

Recent and future changes in UK marine legislation put the land-sea interface under the spotlight. The UK Coastal Governance research was launched in Autumn 2017 to review existing and new methods to support coastal governance in the UK. The purpose... Read More about UK coastal governance: Enhancing collaborative governance mechanisms for stewardship.

Fishing rights, property rights, human rights: The problem of legal lock-in in UK fisheries (2018)
Journal Article
Appleby, T., Cardwell, E., & Pettipher, J. (2018). Fishing rights, property rights, human rights: The problem of legal lock-in in UK fisheries. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 6(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.295

© 2018 The Author(s). Property rights are a widely advocated policy tool to encourage stewardship over a range of environmental goods. Despite the extent to which property rights are dependent upon law to work, economists rarely consider that propert... Read More about Fishing rights, property rights, human rights: The problem of legal lock-in in UK fisheries.

Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding (2016)
Journal Article
Bean, E., Staddon, C., & Appleby, T. (2016). Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding. Journal of Water Law, 25(2), 61-68

As there is no general right to be defended from flooding, any measures taken to protect communities from flooding would appear to be motivated by political considerations. This article explores the possibilities open to a party seeking to benefit fr... Read More about Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding.