TY - BOOK AU - McCaffrey,Stephen C. TI - Law of international watercourses T2 - The Oxford international law library SN - 9780199202539 AV - KZ3686 .M38 U1 - 341.4/42 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - International rivers KW - Water rights (International law) KW - Transboundary pollution KW - Law and legislation KW - Water resources development KW - International cooperation KW - International law KW - Droit international N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-572) and index; Human use of fresh water and the coming era of water scarcity -- The concept of the international watercourse system -- Theoretical bases of international watercourse law : introductory considerations -- International watercourses as exclusively national resources : the "Harmon doctrine" in United States practice -- Theoretical bases of international watercourse law : an examination of the four principal theories -- The contribution of the law of navigation -- The major cases -- Selected case studies -- Introduction : the 1997 United Nations Convention -- Equitable and reasonable utilization -- The obligation to prevent harm to other riparian states -- The obligation to protect international watercourses and their ecosystems -- Procedural obligations -- The special case of groundwater -- Dispute avoidance and settlement : selected aspects UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007005198.html ER -