Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International LawRoutledge, 2016 M05 13 - 448 pages McIntyre's work explains the legal means by which requirements of environmental protection influence the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for allocating rights to riparian states to utilize shared freshwater resources. The work examines the means and processes by which environmental considerations can act upon the operation of the principle of equitable utilization. The volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the subject, outlining the development, scope and operation in general and customary international law of key rules of environmental protection. |
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... concepts requiring enhanced protection of various aspects of the natural environment of international watercourses and riparian States. The normative content of such rules and principles is becoming increasingly clearly.
... concepts requiring enhanced protection of various aspects of the natural environment of international watercourses and riparian States. The normative content of such rules and principles is becoming increasingly clearly.
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... riparian State was entitled to a reasonable and equitable share of the waters of an international river'.41 Indeed, McCaffrey points out how, in relation to this dispute at least, the Harmon Doctrine has 'become a potent weapon in the ...
... riparian State was entitled to a reasonable and equitable share of the waters of an international river'.41 Indeed, McCaffrey points out how, in relation to this dispute at least, the Harmon Doctrine has 'become a potent weapon in the ...
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... riparian State, Austria did not follow the Harmon Doctrine, which he considered to be 'dead'.46 He also points out that a 1913 decision of the Supreme Administrative Court of Austria, involving objections by Hungarian interests to a ...
... riparian State, Austria did not follow the Harmon Doctrine, which he considered to be 'dead'.46 He also points out that a 1913 decision of the Supreme Administrative Court of Austria, involving objections by Hungarian interests to a ...
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... riparian States as it would be likely to operate to retard upstream States in the development of their water ... riparian rights doctrines which had traditionally existed in national legal systems. The courts of the United Kingdom and ...
... riparian States as it would be likely to operate to retard upstream States in the development of their water ... riparian rights doctrines which had traditionally existed in national legal systems. The courts of the United Kingdom and ...
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... riparian owner may take and use the water for ordinary purposes connected with the riparian tenement (such as domestic purposes or the wants of his cattle), and that in the exercise of his right, he may exhaust the water altogether ...
... riparian owner may take and use the water for ordinary purposes connected with the riparian tenement (such as domestic purposes or the wants of his cattle), and that in the exercise of his right, he may exhaust the water altogether ...
Contents
The Principle of Equitable Utilization | |
The Rule on Prevention of Significant Harm | |
Equity and the Utilization of Shared Natural Resources | |
Factors Relating to the Equitable Utilization of International Watercourses | |
Substantive | |
Rules of Customary and General International | |
Environmental Protection as a Factor in Determining | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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1997 Convention 1997 UN Convention activities adopted Agreement allocation application Arbitration Berlin Rules Birnie and Boyle Bruhacs cause significant harm commentary to Article concerning concluded consideration Continental Shelf cooperate customary international law delimitation Draft Articles drainage basin due diligence duty economic ecosystem approach effects environmental impact assessment environmental protection equitable and reasonable equitable utilization established example freshwater resources Fuentes further Helsinki Rules ibid implementation infra inter alia intergenerational equity international drainage basin International Environmental Law International Law Commission International Rivers international watercourse Journal of International McCaffrey natural negotiations Non-Navigational normative notify parties Policy pollution practice precautionary principle principle of equitable principles of international procedural protection of international Protocol provides relation requires riparian role substantive Supra sustainable development Tanzi and Arcari Teclaff transboundary environmental transboundary harm Treaty United Nations UNTS utilization of international vital human needs Water Disputes Tribunal Yearbook of International