Itzchak E. Kornfeld (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Transboundary Water Disputes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book Kornfeld analyzes the effectiveness of North American international courts and ad hoc arbitral tribunals, in adjudicating transboundary water disputes and allocating scarce water resources. He traces the historical development of water law, taking into account issues of sovereignty, jurisdiction and scientific evidence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9781316637357
• ISBN-10: 1316637352
• Artikelnr.: 63460232

Autorenporträt

Itzchak E. Kornfeld teaches international and transboundary water law and consults to governments and indigenous peoples on transboundary water issues. He has earned several degrees in both law and geology, and he has worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a Senior Geohydrologist, working on surface and ground water issues, and for Texaco/Chevron as an environmental geologist, where he dealt with migration of contaminants in water.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Adjudication and the scope of transboundary water disputes
2. The proliferation of dispute resolution fora
3. The scope of transboundary water issues, and polycentricity
4. Pacific dispute resolution and the limitations on adjudication
5. The impacts of sovereignty
6. The courts and tribunals assessed here
7. Factors used in analyzing effectiveness
8. Analyzing the disputes - the Supreme Court
9. Arbitration of transboundary water disputes
10. Conclusion
Index.