A history of water rights at common law
By: Joshua Getzler
Series: Oxford studies in modern legal history; Oxford scholarship online; Oxford studies in modern legal history
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780191715327
Subjects: Common law; History; Industrial revolution; Real property; Water rights
Description: This volume describes how the courts created rights for land owners and users competing to appropriate water for factories town supply, drainage, and transport. It covers the period from early times to the late 19th century, illustrating the changing common law of property and tort.
Notes: Originally published: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.