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54 Alb. L. Rev. 189 (1989-1990)
Boomer and the American Law of Nuisance: Past, Present, and Future

handle is hein.journals/albany54 and id is 205 raw text is: BOOMER AND THE AMERICAN LAW OF NUISANCE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE* Jeff L. Lewin** TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I. INTRODUCTION ................................................... 191 II. AMERICAN NUISANCE LAW PRIOR TO BOOMER ........................ 192 A. English Origins: From the Conquest to Blackstone .................. 192 B. Reception in Pre-Industrial America .............................. 196 C. Natural Rights Theory and the American Rule of Reasonable Use .... 198 1. The Plaintiff-Centered Static Theory of Property ............... 200 2. The Defendant-Centered Dynamic Theory of Property ........... 201 3. Competing Natural Rights and the Rule of Reasonable Use ...... 202 4. The Correlative Theory of Property and the Relative Rights Rule of Reasonable Use ...................................... 207 5. The Decline of Natural Rights Theory ......................... 208 D. Positivist Theory and the Restatement's Balance of Utilities Test .... 210 E. American Nuisance Law in 1970 ................................. 212 III. BOOMER V. ATLANTIC CEMENT CO .................................. 215 A . T he Case ..................................................... 215 B. The Com mentary .............................................. 219 IV. AMERICAN NUISANCE LAW SUBSEQUENT TO BOOMER .................. 221 A. The Second Restatement and the Compensation Principle ........... 221 B. American Nuisance Law in 1990 ................................. 229 V. LAW AND ECONOMICS AND THE LAW OF NUISANCE .................... 236 A. The New Law and Economics and the Meaning of Efficiency ...... 236 B. Economic Commentary on Nuisance Law ......................... 237 1. R onald Coase ............................................... 239 2. G uido Calabresi ............................................. 240 3. Frank M ichelm an ........................................... 243 4. Calabresi and M elamed ...................................... 245 5. Robert Ellickson ............................................ 249 6. Edw ard Rabin .............................................. 253 * © Copyright by Jeff L. Lewin, 1990. ** Professor of Law, West Virginia University College of Law. Assistance in compiling the state law nuisance and surface water cases was provided by David Bungard, Michelle O'Shea, and Xueyan Zhang.

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