August Guests: Joseph Kearney and Thomas Merrill on "Lakefront"

We are pleased to welcome Joseph Kearney (Dean, Marquette) and Thomas Merrill (Columbia) to blog about their excellent new book Lakefront: Public Trust and Private Rights in Chicago (Cornell University Press).

This is their third stop on a blogging book tour.

Posts at Volokh Conspiracy here:

• Lakefront and the Origins of the American Public Trust Doctrine (June 14, 2021)
• Lakefront and the Confoundments of the Public Trust Doctrine (June 15, 2021)
• Lakefront—Comparing Public Trust and Private Dedication (June 16, 2021)
• Lakefront and the Public Trust Doctrine—Enter Professor Sax (June 17, 2021)
• Lakefront and the Public Trust Doctrine Today: A Litigation Roulette Wheel (June 18, 2021)

Posts at Faculty Lounger here:

• Standing to Enforce Public Rights—First of a Series (July 12, 2021)
• Standing to Enforce Public Rights: The Parens Patriae Approach (July 14, 2021)
• Models of Citizen Standing—Examined in and Through the Public Trust Doctrine (July 16, 2021)
• A Different Model of Citizen Standing: The Public Dedication Doctrine (July 20, 2021)
• Enforcing Public Rights—Federal Versus State Standing (Last of a Series) (July 22, 2021)

They will begin posting on Thursday.