A Common Tragedy: The Breach of Promises to Benefit the Public Commons and the Enforceability Problem

Authors

Irma S. Russell

Publication Date

3-1-2005

Document Type

Symposium

Abstract

This Article begins an exploration of the possibility of using contract law as a supplement to statutory law that protects the commons. It examines contractual commitments created by governmental agencies as representatives of the public. Part II relates the economic analysis set forth by Garrett Hardin in his famous article, The Tragedy of the Commons, and applies this analysis of the cost-benefit ratio that applies to use of a public good (the commons).

DOI

10.37419/TWLR.V11.I2.17

First Page

557

Last Page

578

Recommended Citation

Irma S. Russell, A Common Tragedy: The Breach of Promises to Benefit the Public Commons and the Enforceability Problem, 11 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 557 (2005).
Available at: https://doi.org/10.37419/TWLR.V11.I2.17