Stephen C Mccaffrey

The Law of International Watercourses

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fully updated new edition of The Law of International Watercourses examines the rules of international law governing the use of international rivers, lakes, and groundwater shared by two or more countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 688
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 1293g
• ISBN-13: 9780198736929
• ISBN-10: 0198736924
• Artikelnr.: 55293403

Autorenporträt

Professor Stephen C. McCaffrey is Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. He served two terms on the International Law Commission, chaired that body for one of its sessions, and was the Commission's special rapporteur on international watercourses. Professor McCaffrey is a member of the Implementation Committee of the UNECE Water Convention and was the 2017 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. He has served as counsel to States in cases before the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration and has published widely in the field.

Inhaltsangabe

* Part I. Introduction
* 1: Human Use of Fresh Water and the Coming Era of Water Scarcity
* 2: The Concept of the International Watercourse System
* Part II. Evolution and Theoretical Bases of the Law of International
Watercourses
* 3: The Evolution of the Law of International Watercourses
* 4: Theoretical Bases of International Watercourse Law: An Examination
of the Four Principal Theories
* 5: The Contribution of the Law of Navigation
* Part III. The Major Cases and Controversies: A Survey of State
Practice
* 6: The Major Cases
* 7: Selected Case Studies
* Part IV. Fundamental Rights and Obligations
* 8: Introduction: The 1997 United Nations Convention and Its
Precursors
* A. Substantive Obligations
* 9: Equitable and Reasonable Utilization
* 10: The Obligation to Prevent Harm to Other Riparian States
* 11: The Obligation to Protect International Watercourses and Their
Ecosystems
* B. Procedural Obligations
* 12: Procedural Obligations
* C. Groundwater
* 13: The Special Case of Groundwater
* D. Dispute Avoidance and Settlement
* 14: Dispute Avoidance and Settlement: Selected Aspects