Fresh Water in International Law

This book provides a thorough assessment of the protection, management, and uses of fresh water under international law. It explores international, regional, and national regulatory frameworks, and looks at how diverse areas of law connect and adapt to one another to make up the international legal regime regulating fresh water.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction: Fresh Water and its Features


• 2: Regulation of Fresh Water Uses: Evolution, Scope, and Developments


• 3: Economization of the Law Applicable to Fresh Water


• 4: Environmentalization of the Law Applicable to Fresh Water


• 5: Humanization of the Law Applicable to Fresh Water


• 6: Institutionalization Trends in Fresh Water Governance


• 7: Dispute Settlement and Fresh Water: Trends, Means, and Practice


• 8: Looking Ahead: Trends and Prospects

About the author

Laurence Boisson de Chazournes is Professor of International Law at the University of Geneva. She is an adviser to various international organizations, governments, and non-state entities, and has held international assignments as counsel, expert, and arbitrator before the International Court of Justice and other judicial fora.

Summary

This book provides a thorough assessment of the protection, management, and uses of fresh water under international law. It explores international, regional, and national regulatory frameworks, and looks at how diverse areas of law connect and adapt to one another to make up the international legal regime regulating fresh water.

Product details

• Authors: Laurence Boisson De Chazournes, Laurence (Professor of Inte Boisson De Chazournes, Boisson de Chazournes Laurence
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.05.2021
• EAN: 9780198863427
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886342-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; NATURE / Natural Resources, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, Science / Environmental Science, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, International economic & trade law, Public international law: economic and trade, Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply