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The law of international watercourses : non-navigational uses

Title
The law of international watercourses : non-navigational uses / Stephen C. McCaffrey.
Author
McCaffrey, Stephen C.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

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Description
xxxii, 514 pages; 24 cm
Series Statement
Oxford monographs in international law
Uniform Title
Oxford monographs in international law
Subject
  • International rivers
  • Water rights (International law)
  • Transboundary pollution > Law and legislation
  • Water resources development > International cooperation
  • Voies d'eau internationales
  • Droit des eaux
  • Droit international
  • Coopération internationale
  • Internationale Wasserstraße
  • Völkerrecht
  • Internationales Recht
  • Wasserrecht
  • Waterrecht
  • Zoet water
  • Schaarste
  • Internationale conflicten
  • Internationale samenwerking
  • Internationaal recht
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-504) and index.
Contents
Part I. Introduction. Human use of water and the coming era of water scarcity. The concept of the international watercourse system -- pt. II. Theoretical bases of international watercourse law : introductory considerations. International watercourses as exclusively national resources : the Harmon doctrine in United States practice. The theoretical bases of international watercourse law : an examination of the four principal theories -- pt. III. The major cases and controversies : a survey of stae practice. The major cases. Selected case studies -- pt. IV. Fundamental rights and obligations. Introduction: The 1997 United Nations Convention -- A. Substantive obligations. The obligation to utilize an international watercourse in an equitable and reasonable manner. The obligation to prevent harm to other riparian states. The obligation to protect international watercourses and their ecosystems -- B. Procedural obligations -- C. Groundwater. The special case of groundwater -- D. Dispute avoidance and settlement. Dispute avoidance and settlement : selected aspects -- Annexes: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (1997). Helsinki Rules on the Uses of the Waters of International Rivers (1966). International Law Commission Resolution on Confined Transboundary Groundwater.
ISBN
  • 0198257872
  • 9780198257875
  • 0199264104
  • 9780199264100
LCCN
2001035170
OCLC
  • ocm46703173
  • 46703173
  • SCSB-8978544
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library