Publications

The Center produces a variety of publications — including newsletters, articles and research papers — pertaining to coastal topics in the Carolinas. Click on a category below to view a list of current publications available online.

* Legal Tides, the Center's semi-annual newsletter. Listed by publication date in descending order.

* Articles and Research Papers, listed alphabetically by topic and author(s).

* Annual Reports, listed in descending order by date.



Legal Tides (View online)

The increasing development pressure on coastal lands and waters raises issues that involve federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances. To explore these issues, the Center produces a newsletter, Legal Tides, that examines legal and planning issues as they relate to North Carolina’s coastal area and the Atlantic Ocean. Articles present a balanced and informative analysis of issues.

Legal Tides is a free publication distributed to interested coastal citizens. Primarily written for a legal and policy audience, we hope to craft the publication to appeal to all readers interested in such issues.

Click on the titles below to download free PDF issues.

Current Issue

* Offshore Wind Energy Development in North Carolina: Discussion of the Legal Framework (Spring/Summer 2008)

Past Issues

* Dockominiums: Exclusive rights to public trust waters and lands?
(Summer/Fall 2007)

* The Rights of Oceanfront Property Owners in the 21st Century: Part III
(Summer/Fall 2006)

* The Rights of Oceanfront Property Owners in the 21st Century: Part II
(Summer/Fall 2005)

* The Rights of Oceanfront Property Owners in the 21st Century: Part I
(Winter/Spring 2005)

If you would like to receive Legal Tides, contact Lisa Schiavinato at lisa_schiavinato@ncsu.edu or at 919/515-1895. Or write to: Legal Tides North Carolina Sea Grant, NC State University, Box 8605, Raleigh NC 27695-8605.

Articles and Research Papers

The staff and research fellows at the North Carolina Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center are actively involved in cutting edge legal research pertaining to coastal, wetland and ocean policy. The following articles and research papers are arranged alphabetically by topic. Click on the title to download a free PDF of the article or research paper.

Ocean Resources Management

*Clark, Walter (1994). North Carolina's Ocean Stewardship Area: A Management Study, Division of Coastal Management, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Oceanfront Property (Public vs. Private rights)

* Kalo, Joseph (2005). North Carolina Oceanfront Property and Public Waters and Beaches: The Rights of Littoral Owners in the Twenty-First Century, North Carolina Law Review, vol. 83, 1428-1504.


Sand Beaches (Public vs. Private rights)

* Kalo, Joseph (2000). The Changing Face of the Shoreline: Public and Private Rights to the Natural and Nourished Dry Sand Beaches of North Carolina, North Carolina Law Review, vol. 78, 1870-1896.


Waterfront Access

* Cheshire, Kevin (2007). Market-Based Planning Tools: An Overview of TDRs and PDRs, Final Report submitted to the North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee.

*Clark, Walter and Kalo, Joseph (2006). Exploring Waterfront Access and Traditional Use Issues in Public Trust Waters, Presentation to the North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee, N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., Nov. 20, 2006.

*Wynia, Erin (2007). Conditional Zoning in North Carolina, Final Report submitted to the North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee.

*Wynia, Erin (2007). Funding Mechanisms for Land Acquisition, Final Report submitted to the North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee.

* Zajac, Jared (2007). The Working Waterfront: Incentive-Based Techniques for
Protecting the Traditional Waterfront Worker, Final Report submitted to the North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee.

 

Annual Reports

* 2006-2007 Annual Report of the NCCRLPP Center
* 2005-2006 Annual Report of the NCCRLPP Center