Full Description
As global climate change threatens to change radically both the political and physical climate with regard to water issues, so a reassessment of some of the fundamental principles of international water law is emerging. One of the most important principles being reassessed is the sovereign equality of states. This volume brings together more than thirty leading international water and legal specialists to explore the development and changing relationship between water, state sovereignty and international law. Offering fresh insights into one of the most pressing issues in global water policy, Sovereignty and International Water Law will form an essential reference for water professionals, legal specialists and policy makers alike.
Contents
Part I: State Sovereignty, Water Systems, and the Development of International Water Law
1. Sovereignty, the Web of Water and the Myth of Westphalia
Terje Tvedt, Owen McIntyre and Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik
2. The Evolution of Water Law
Joseph W. Delapenna and Joyeeta Gupta
3. The Siren Song of Sovereignty in International Water Relations
Stephen McCaffrey
4. The History of Water Law in the Common Law Tradition
William Howarth
5. The History of Water Law in Scandinavia
Ernst Nordtveit
6. The Concept of Sovereignty in the Jurisprudence of the International Court of
Justice
Sergio Marchisio
Part II: Contemporary Challenges to State Sovereignty
7. Determining Sovereign Rights and Duties over International Water Courses: The
Contribution of the International law Commission and the UN General Assembly
Alistair Rieu-Clarke
8. Sovereignty and Equitable Utilization of International Waters: Central Asia, Africa
and the Middle East
Remy L. de Jong
9. Territory, Resource Rights, and Rivers: A Philosophical Case for Overlapping
Jurisdiction
Cara Nine
10. The History and Development of the 'Community of Interests' Doctrine
Flavia Loures
11. Reconciling Sovereignty with Supranationality: Lessons from the Nordic Countries
Julie Gjørtz Howden
12. Integration of the Right to Water in International Law: Circumventing and
Bypassing State Sovereignty
Sylvie Paquerot
13. State Sovereignty and Transboundary Aquifers
Raya Marina Stephan and Gabriel de los Cobos
14. Sovereignty and the Procedural Rules of International Water Law
Owen McIntyre
15. Addressing Water Security Challenges: The International Law 'Duty to Cooperate'
as a Limit to Absolute State Sovereignty
Patricia Wouters
Part III: Regional Case Studies
16. Sovereignty and Equitable Utilization: A Regional Implementation Summary
Lilian del Castillo Laborde
17. State Sovereignty and Shared Water Resources under the Islamic Legal Tradition
Yadgar Ahmad
18. The Water History of Colorado and the Western United States
Tom Cech
19. Sovereignty and the Joint Management of Shared Transboundary Water Resources
in the West African Sub-Region
Joe Goldface-Irokalibe
20. The Principles of Transboundary Water Resources Management in the Frontier
Watercourses Agreement Between Finland and Russia
Mizanur Rahaman
21. Reflections and Trends on Sovereignty over Natural Resources: The ASEAN
Amado E.Tolentino
22. Australian Water Law History: The Move from Introspective State Sovereignty to
a National Interest Approach and the Influence of International Law
Jennifer McKay
23. Transboundary Water Law: The Practice of the Peoples' Republic of China
Desheng Hu
24. The Concept of State Sovereignty and River/Lake Basin Law in South Eastern
Europe
Slavko Bogdanovic
25. The Development of European Water Law and State Sovereignty
Christoph Vedder and Stefan Lorenzmeier
26. Nationalism, State Sovereignty and International Water Management in the
Zambezi River Basin
Dean Kampanje-Phiri
Part IV: International River Basin Case Study - the River Nile
27. Water Systems, Water Agreements and State Sovereignty: The Nile Waters
Agreement of 1929
Terje Tvedt
28. Constructing Dams: Between the Sovereignty of States and the Rules of
International Water Law
Mohamed Sameh Amr
29. Remodeling Sovereignty: Overtures of a New Water Security Paradigm in the Nile
Basin Legal Discourse
Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik
30. The Doctrines of Sovereignty and the Equitable Utilization of International Waters
under the Agreement on the Nile Ri
