The law of international watercourses
By: Stephen C. McCaffrey.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9780199202539
Subjects: International rivers; Water rights (International law); Transboundary pollution -- Law and legislation; Water resources development -- International cooperation
Description: This volume examines the rules of international law governing the navigational and non-navigational uses of international watercourses. Because two or more States share many of the world's most important drainage basins, competition for increasingly scarce fresh water resources is likely to increase. Agreements between the states sharing international watercourses will be negotiated, and disputes over shared water will be resolved, against the backdrop of the rules of international law governing the use of this precious resource.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Human use of fresh water and the coming era of water scarcity; title: The concept of the international watercourse system; title: Theoretical bases of international watercourse law: introductory considerations; title: International watercourses as exclusively national resources: the "Harmon doctrine" in United States practice; title: Theoretical bases of international watercourse law: an examination of the four principal theories; title: The contribution of the law of navigation; title: The major cases; title: Selected case studies; title: Introduction: the 1997 United Nations Convention; title: Equitable and reasonable utilization; title: The obligation to prevent harm to other riparian states; title: The obligation to protect international watercourses and their ecosystems; title: Procedural obligations; title: The special case of groundwater; title: Dispute avoidance and settlement: selected aspects.