Golden rules
Subtitle: the origins of California water law in the Gold Rush
By: Mark Kanazawa
Series: Markets and governments in economic history; Markets and governments in economic history
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780226258676
Subjects: Gold discoveries; Water rights; Water-supply; Gold mines and mining; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-340) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Economic theory and the evolution of water law; title: Water and the technologies of mining; title: Watering the diggings: the development of the ditch industry; title: The informal law of the mining camps; title: Origins of the common law of mining and water rights; title: The origins of prior appropriation; title: Water quality and the law of nuisance; title: Bursting dams and the law of nuisance; title: Conclusions.