Interstate Disputes Over Krishna Waters: Law, Science and Imperialism

" Contextualises the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal allocating the waters of the river Krishna between the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh " Provides a new framework of analysis that may be extended to other developmental questions " Is the first critical analysis of interstate water conflicts within federal constitution in a developing country such as India " Integrates law and science into social theory and into development questions " Brings back the discourse of law and development with new theoretical insights that had receded after the late 1960s " Introduces the legal and institutional dimensions into the debate on large dams " Includes an insert map and foldout maps of the Krishna basin and sub-basins