Up for sale is a book on law that is still very relevant today!  It is a multi-author volume containing the proceedings of a symposium held on March 15, 1963 at the School of Law of Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.  The subject was the legal issues that were arising from the rapid development of the incredible offshore oil and mineral wealth of the Gulf Coast.  There is ongoing interest in this legal field, particularly in view of environmental issues ranging from massive oil spills (e.g. the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster) to relentless coastal erosion.  This book has some very interesting early legal perspectives.

Title:  Tidelands and Mineral Law

Editor:  Ralph Slovenko, Tulane University School of Law

Publisher:  Claitor's Book Store (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

Copyright:  1963 by Claitor's Book Store

Edition:  Presumed First Edition (not specifically stated)

Pages:  215

There are 15 papers, by 15 different authors, in this book.  They are organized into 7 major sections including:

  1. Conservation and Preservation

  2. Ownership of Water Bottoms

  3. Leasing of Public Lands and Tidelands

  4. Royalty Payments

  5. Taxation and Tidelands Operations

  6. Drilling Insurance

  7. Admiralty and the Offshore Operator

There is also an Appendix on "Louisiana Oil and Gas Facts", a list of participants (with brief biographies), a subject index and a case index.  Please see photos # 3, 4, and 5 of this listing for the Table of Contents.

The Editor of this volume was Ralph Slovenko was born in New Orleans in 1926.  He attended Tulane University for his bachelors, masters, Ph.D (Psychology), and law degrees.  He was Editor-in-Chief of the Tulane Law Review.  He then became a Fulbright Scholar in France, earning certificates in international law from The Hague, The Sorbonne, and the University of Paris.  Slovenko's interests were very wide ranging, but especially centered on the legal aspects of psychiatry.  He was on one of a very few individuals invited to do a non-medical internship at the famed Menninger Foundation in Kansas.  He taught at Tulane, the University of Kansas, the University of Florida, and Wayne State University (Detroit).  He also was a visiting professor and lecturer around the world.  Slovenko died in 2013, age 87.

Please see above for description of condition and photos.  Sold as is.

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