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Book SynopsisThe
Research Handbook on International Water Law surveys the field of the law of shared freshwater resources. In some thirty chapters, it covers subjects ranging from the general principles operative in the field and international groundwater law to the human right to water and whether international water law is prepared to cope with climate disruption.
Its comprehensive survey of international water law links international water principles to case studies and examples from specific basins, to bring research into real-world relevancy. Different regional traditions and frameworks of international water law are presented in order to provide a global overview. The work is edited by three scholars and practitioners whose work deals with the law of international watercourses and features perspectives from distinguished experts in the field.
This Research Handbook will be a crucial resource for academics and researchers, students, relevant government agencies, and practitioners interested in water law and humanitarian law.
Contributors include: L. Boisson de Chazournes, L. Caflisch, M. Curlier, L. del Castillo Laborde, J.W. Dellapenna, G.M. Farnelli, B. Guthrie, J.G. Lammers, R. Larson, C. Leb, D. Magraw, M.M. Mbengue, S.C. McCaffrey, O. McIntyre, M.M. Murcia, N. Odili, D. Padmanabhan, R.K. Paisley, C. Parseghian, G. Reichert, A. Rieu-Clarke, A.F.S. Russell, S.M.A. Salman, S.M. Schwebel, Y. Su, A. Tanzi, A.D. Tarlock, M. Tignino, P. Udomritthiruj, K. Uprety, S. Vinogradov, I.T. Winkler, P. Wouters, D. Ziganshina
Trade Review‘This book is a timely addition to the discourse on transboundary water management and is an excellent collection of interrelated papers written by academics and practitioners exploring and analysing international water law from diverse perspectives. In the range of topics that this compilation covers, it is a definitive guide to the rapidly growing areas of concern of international water resource allocation, water management and dispute resolution.’ -- Roopa Madhav, LEAD: Law, Environment and Development Journal
Table of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword by Stephen M. Schwebel Introduction Stephen C. McCaffrey, Christina Leb and Riley T. Denoon Part I Evolution of International Water Law 1. From Treaty Practice to the UN Watercourses Convention Alistair Rieu-Clarke 2. The Work of International Legal Expert Bodies Joseph W. Dellapenna 3. The Global Water Treaties and their Relationship Attila Tanzi 4. Inter-Jurisdictional Water Allocation in Federal Systems: Lessons for International Water Law Rhett Larson and A. Dan Tarlock Part II General Principles and Key Obligations of International Water Law 5. Intertwined General Principles Stephen C. McCaffrey 6. Implementation of the General Duty to Cooperate Christina Leb 7. Prior Notice and Related Issues Lucius Caflisch 8. Environmental Protection and the Ecosystem Approach Owen McIntyre 9. The application of the general principles and key obligations to internationally shared groundwater María Milanés-Murcia Part III International Water Law and its Relation With Other Areas of Law 10. Water and Multilateral Environmental Agreements: An Incomplete Jigsaw Puzzle Daniel Barstow Magraw and Patsorn Udomritthiruj 11. International Water Law and Climate Disruption A. Dan Tarlock 12. Water and International Trade Law Daniel Barstow Magraw and Deepika Padmanabhan 13. Water in International Humanitarian Law Mara Tignino Part IV Human Right to Water and Vital Human Water Needs 14. The Human Right to Water Inga T. Winkler 15. The Human Right to Water in a Transboundary Context Anna F.S. Russell 16. The UNECE Protocol on Water and Health for the Implementation of the Right to Drinking Water and Sanitation Attilla Tanzi and Gian Maria Farnelli Part V Dispute Settlement and Compliance 17. The Permanent Court of International Justice, The International Court of Justice and international water law: Versatility in Consistency Laurence Boisson de Chazournes 18. The Role of Scientific and Technical Experts Cicely O. Parseghian and Benjamin K. Guthrie 19. The Implementation Mechanism and Committee Established Under the UNECE Convention on the Protection of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes Johan G. Lammers Part VI Regional Approaches 20. Creating Basin Mechanisms in Southern Africa Richard K. Paisley and Maaria Curlier 21. West African Approaches to International Law and Treaty Practice Makane Moïse Mbengue and Nwamaka Odili 22. The Nile Basin: Changing Legal Contours Salman M.A. Salman 23. Europe: International Water Law and the EU Water Framework Directive Götz Reichert 24. Central Asia: the Aral Sea Basin Dinara R. Ziganshina 25. South Asian Water Treaty Practice: An Overview Kishor Uprety 26. China’s International Water Relations Yu Su 27. Transboundary Water Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Neighboring States: Legal and Institutional Frameworks Sergei Vinogradov and Patricia Wouters 28. A Panoptic View of International Water Law in Latin America Lilian del Castillo Laborde 29. A Long History of Cooperation between Canada and the United States on Boundary Waters Richard K. Paisley Index
