Book Review: An Examination of Maine's Public Beach Access

Authors

Ariel A. Hampton, University of Maine School of LawFollow

Document Type

Book Review

Abstract

Many people assume that access rights to public resources are unwavering. Two Maine Supreme Judicial Court cases concerning limitations to public access to Maine beaches rebut this assumption. In his book, Maine's Beaches Are Public Property: The Bell Cases Must Be Reexamined, Professor Orlando E. Delogu challenges the modifications to public beach access that resulted from these two cases. This Review focuses on the historical and legal arguments that Professor Delogu presents as justification for the reversal of the Bell cases. Professor Delogu gives compelling reasons for his take on the Bell cases and why the State of Maine should hold most of the intertidal lands in trust for the public.

First Page

104

Recommended Citation

Ariel A. Hampton, Book Review: An Examination of Maine's Public Beach Access, 24 Ocean & Coastal L.J. 104 (2019).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/oclj/vol24/iss1/6