This monograph examines water law regulations and reform in the present decade, encompassing environmental, social, economic, and human rights aspects of water as a natural resource.
Using the specific case of India and on the related international law and policy framework that directly influences water regulatory developments in India, this book offers what will be the first and only analysis of water law reforms taking place at the national level in many developing countries in their domestic and international context. On the one hand, international freshwater law remains under-developed and existing legal instruments such as the 1997 UN Convention only address a limited set of relevant issues. Yet, the international law and policy framework concerning freshwater is increasingly important in shaping up law reforms taking place at the national level, in particular in developing countries. Indeed, non-binding resolutions such as the Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development (1992) have had an immense influence on water law reforms in most developing countries.
This book seeks to conceive of and analyse freshwater regulation in a broader context, and go beyond a literature that either lauds or criticises ongoing water sector reforms to provide an analytical basis for the reforms which all countries will have to adopt in the near or medium-term future.
Author: Philippe Cullet Publication Date: 2009 Binding: hardback
Ordering information:
South Asia Customers: This book is available from Oxford University Press in India under ISBN 978-0-19-958519-9 at a lower price for readers from South Asia (Rs 645/-). Readers from South Asia can order the book through the website of OUP India by visiting the following web page [read more], or by downloading the book flyer which contains all relevant ordering information [download here].
Rest of the World: This book is published by Oxford University Press in the UK under ISBN 978-0-19-954623-7. Readers from all regions except South Asia can order the book through the website of OUP UK by visiting the following web page [read more], or by downloading the book flyer which contains all relevant ordering information [download here].
