The Tidelands Oil Controversy
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-0-292-78027-9 (ISBN)
American constitutional law, international law, theory of federalism, American politics, the machinations of pressure groups, use of propaganda techniques, and issues of social and economic policy-all these features of American government and many more are inherent in the controversy.
In 1947, in a precedent-making decision, the Supreme Court enunciated the principle that the federal government, not the states, has “paramount rights in and power over” the marginal seas which border the coastal states, and has “full dominion over the resources under that water area, including oil.”
For more than 150 years the littoral states had exercised uncontested jurisdiction and ownership over the marginal-sea area, subject only to the powers specifically granted to the national government by the Constitution. The states had regulated the fisheries within the three-mile limit, applying state laws to vessels licensed under federal statutes. Long before oil possibilities were thought of, they had granted or leased areas in the marginal seas to private persons and corporations for purposes of land reclamation and harbor development, dredging for sand and gravel, development of oyster beds, and similar projects. These property rights can far exceed in value the wealth to be derived from petroleum.
A just settlement of the issue, says the author, calls for restoration to the states of control of the marginal sea out to their historical boundaries-three miles in most cases; three leagues, or ten and one-half miles, in the case of Texas and the west coast of Florida.
This study is based upon thorough investigation of all literature on the subject and personal interviews and correspondence with leaders on both sides of the controversy.
Ernest R. Bartley (1919–2008) was Professor of Political Science and later Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida.
Preface
1. The Problem
2. The Territorial Concept of the Marginal Sea
3. Claims of the Original States to Submerged Lands
4. Claims of Later States to Submerged Lands
5. California’s Claims to Submerged Lands
6. Texas’ Claims to Submerged Lands
7. Congressional Policy on Submerged Lands Prior to World War II
8. Executive Policy on Submerged Lands Prior to United States v. California
9. The Quitclaim Attempt in 1945
10. United States v. California
11. The Immediate Aftermath of United States v. California
12. United States v. Louisiana and United States v. Texas
13. Quitclaim or Federal Control?
14. The New Doctrine of Paramount Powers
15. Conclusions
Appendix: Congressional Hearings on Control of Submerged Lands in the Marginal Sea
Table of Cases
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.1.2015 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Austin, TX |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-292-78027-3 / 0292780273 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-292-78027-9 / 9780292780279 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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