Joshua Getzler is a Fellow and Tutor in Law at St Hugh's College, Oxford.

• Introduction ; 1. The Exploitation of Water in Historical Perspective ; 2. Servitude Doctrine in Early Law ; 3. The Common Law of Riparian Rights 1580-1750 ; 4. Blackstone and Hale's Doctrines of Land and Water Use ; 5. Appropriation Theory in the Courts ; 6. Establishment of the Modern Riparian Doctrine ; Conclusion ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

Some historical studies are so carefully done that they describe their subject definitively. Other scholars may question why the events occurred as they did, but they will not challenge how these events are described. In this sense, Getzler's book is the definitive study of water rights at common law. ... Getzler's work will bring the reader as close as any study could to what happened, and to what was in the minds of those who made it happen.

Joshua Getzler is a Fellow and Tutor in Law at St Hugh's College, Oxford.

• Introduction ; 1. The Exploitation of Water in Historical Perspective ; 2. Servitude Doctrine in Early Law ; 3. The Common Law of Riparian Rights 1580-1750 ; 4. Blackstone and Hale's Doctrines of Land and Water Use ; 5. Appropriation Theory in the Courts ; 6. Establishment of the Modern Riparian Doctrine ; Conclusion ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

Some historical studies are so carefully done that they describe their subject definitively. Other scholars may question why the events occurred as they did, but they will not challenge how these events are described. In this sense, Getzler's book is the definitive study of water rights at common law. ... Getzler's work will bring the reader as close as any study could to what happened, and to what was in the minds of those who made it happen.

Joshua Getzler is a Fellow and Tutor in Law at St Hugh's College, Oxford.

• Introduction ; 1. The Exploitation of Water in Historical Perspective ; 2. Servitude Doctrine in Early Law ; 3. The Common Law of Riparian Rights 1580-1750 ; 4. Blackstone and Hale's Doctrines of Land and Water Use ; 5. Appropriation Theory in the Courts ; 6. Establishment of the Modern Riparian Doctrine ; Conclusion ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

Some historical studies are so carefully done that they describe their subject definitively. Other scholars may question why the events occurred as they did, but they will not challenge how these events are described. In this sense, Getzler's book is the definitive study of water rights at common law. ... Getzler's work will bring the reader as close as any study could to what happened, and to what was in the minds of those who made it happen.