Water and the Law

Edited by Michael Kidd, Professor of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Loretta Feris, The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, Tumai Murombo, Associate Professor, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and Alejandro Iza, Director, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Germany

• Contents:1. Introduction: Water and the Law – Towards SustainabilityMichael Kidd and Loretta FerisPART IINTERNATIONAL AND TRANSBOUNDARY WATER LAW2. ‘Dynamic Cooperation’ – The Evolution of Transboundary Water CooperationPatricia Wouters3. International Legal Perspectives on the Utilization of Trans-Boundary Rivers: The Case of the Ethiopian Renaissance (Nile) DamHabtamu Alebachew4. The Complexities of Developing a Transboundary Water Resources Management Agreement: Experiences from the Nile BasinEmmanuel B. Kasimbazi5. Transboundary Groundwater Management: Comparison between International Law Guidelines and EU Water PolicyAdrien BodartPART IIDOMESTIC WATER GOVERNANCE AND INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT6. A Jurisprudential Model for Sustainable Water Resources GovernanceDouglas E. Fisher7. Sustainability, Governance and Water Management in New ZealandTrevor Daya-Winterbottom8. The Protection of Riparian Forests and Water Resources Conservation in BrazilMauricio D. dos Santos, Carolina Dutra, Vladimir Garcia Magalhães and José Carlos L. da Silva9. Achieving Ecologically Sustainable Development in Multi-level Water Governance Regimes: The Case of the Murray Darling Basin Ganesh Keremane, Jennifer McKay and Zhifang Wu10. Weighing of Interests in the Finnish Water Law – From Financial Evaluation to Normative Weight of InterestsNiko Soininen11. Water Law: Adapting to Climate Change in South-Eastern Australia?Anita Foerster12. Developing an Institutional Legal Framework for Sustainable Regional Water Management in Times of Climate ChangeMarleen van Rijswick and Imelda U. Tappeiner13. Using Progressive Realization and Reasonableness to Evaluate Implementation Lags in the South African Water Management Reform ProcessRamin Pejan, Derick du Toit and Sharon PollardPART III THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO WATER14. The Right to Water and its Misconceptions, Between Developed and Developing CountriesNicola Lugaresi15. The Endless Struggle of Indigenous Peoples in Protected Areas – The Bushman’s Challenge for Water Rights in the Central Kalahari Game ReserveAlexander Ross PatersonIndex

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