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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... example, Huber, writing in 1907 in the context of a dispute between the Swiss cantons of Scaffhausen and Zurich over the use of the Rhine, explained the 128 doctrine in terms of 'neighbourship law' which provided, inter.
... example, Huber, writing in 1907 in the context of a dispute between the Swiss cantons of Scaffhausen and Zurich over the use of the Rhine, explained the 128 doctrine in terms of 'neighbourship law' which provided, inter.
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... example, Fauchille asserts that 'riparians are bound to act so as to conform with the principles of equity', 129 ... example, the range of works cited in support of the doctrine in Berber, Supra, n. 54, at 25–40 and in Lipper, Supra, n ...
... example, Fauchille asserts that 'riparians are bound to act so as to conform with the principles of equity', 129 ... example, the range of works cited in support of the doctrine in Berber, Supra, n. 54, at 25–40 and in Lipper, Supra, n ...
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... examples of treaties expressly employing a community of interests approach often concern a single shared watercourse system or water resource. For example, Article 1 of the 1957 Agreement between Bolivia and Peru concerning a ...
... examples of treaties expressly employing a community of interests approach often concern a single shared watercourse system or water resource. For example, Article 1 of the 1957 Agreement between Bolivia and Peru concerning a ...
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... example, McCaffrey points out that it 'expresses more accurately the normative consequences of the physical fact that a watercourse is, after all, a unity' and that 'it implies collective, or joint action' and 'evokes shared governance ...
... example, McCaffrey points out that it 'expresses more accurately the normative consequences of the physical fact that a watercourse is, after all, a unity' and that 'it implies collective, or joint action' and 'evokes shared governance ...
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... example, the United States Inland Waterways Commission endorsed this approach from its inception and declared in its final report that a river basin should be treated as a unit in order to achieve maximum utilization of its water ...
... example, the United States Inland Waterways Commission endorsed this approach from its inception and declared in its final report that a river basin should be treated as a unit in order to achieve maximum utilization of its water ...
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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