Law of necessity (volcanic lava edition)

The magnificent Tyler Cowen — over at Marginal Revolution — poses the following question: Is it legal to build a diversion barrier against Hawaiian lava flow? The ancient doctrine Necessitas non habet legem provides the most likely answer.

County of Hawaii media image of lava flow reaching earth barrier in Pahoa village on Oct 29, 2014.

County of Hawaii media image of lava flow reaching earth barrier in Pahoa village on 29 Oct. 2014.
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About F. E. Guerra-Pujol

When I’m not blogging, I am a business law professor at the University of Central Florida.
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