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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... taken by States in specific disputes, decisions of international courts and tribunals, statements of law prepared by intergovernmental and non-governmental bodies, the views of learned commentators and decisions of municipal courts in ...
... taken by States in specific disputes, decisions of international courts and tribunals, statements of law prepared by intergovernmental and non-governmental bodies, the views of learned commentators and decisions of municipal courts in ...
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... taken into account. Of course, this is asking a great deal of a single, ill-defined normative principle and McCaffrey warns that it 'has resulted in a degree of confusion and perhaps in an overloading of a principle whose implementation ...
... taken into account. Of course, this is asking a great deal of a single, ill-defined normative principle and McCaffrey warns that it 'has resulted in a degree of confusion and perhaps in an overloading of a principle whose implementation ...
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... more consistent with the principle of equitable utilization. In a detailed analysis of the Harmon Doctrine, McCaffrey concludes either that this position was taken by the United States in the course of the dispute concerned as a.
... more consistent with the principle of equitable utilization. In a detailed analysis of the Harmon Doctrine, McCaffrey concludes either that this position was taken by the United States in the course of the dispute concerned as a.
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... taken on much significance, which 'may have led them not to appreciate fully the serious ecological, economic and other harm ... that could result from large-scale diversions or pollution'.55 He further notes that all the commentators ...
... taken on much significance, which 'may have led them not to appreciate fully the serious ecological, economic and other harm ... that could result from large-scale diversions or pollution'.55 He further notes that all the commentators ...
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... taken and used substantially undiminished in volume and unaltered in character; and lastly, that he has no right whatever to take the water and use it for purposes unconnected with the riparian tenement.66 66 (1926) Ch. 444, at 458. The ...
... taken and used substantially undiminished in volume and unaltered in character; and lastly, that he has no right whatever to take the water and use it for purposes unconnected with the riparian tenement.66 66 (1926) Ch. 444, at 458. The ...
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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| Title | Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law |
| Author | Owen McIntyre |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1317142209, 9781317142201 |
| Length | 448 pages |
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