We lost an ally and indeed a key figure behind developing the Public Trust Doctrine’s application to the Mono Basin yesterday.
Joseph Sax, a pioneer of environmental law, died at age 78. For his contributions to the environmental movement and public trust doctrine read The NY Times article:
In an article frequently described as seminal, Professor Sax proposed that some natural resources — the oceans, other bodies of water, shorelines, the air and portions of land — are so important that they should be treated in the courts as a “public trust,” and that citizens had the right to sue to protect them against government, business and private individuals who might threaten them.
In an article frequently described as seminal, Professor Sax proposed that some natural resources — the oceans, other bodies of water, shorelines, the air and portions of land — are so important that they should be treated in the courts as a “public trust,” and that citizens had the right to sue to protect them against government, business and private individuals who might threaten them.
