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Modern water rights - theory and practice Legislative Study 92 by Stephen Hodgson for the Development Law Service offers a fresh look at the theory and practice of modern water rights, from a comparative law angle.It sheds light on a number of key features of such rights, and draws out and discusses the relevant problematic issues. It will be of inspiration and use in the process of reforming water laws in general, and the laws concerning water rights in particular.
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Legislative Study 86, Groundwater in international law
a joint publication effort by FAO and UNESCO by FAO Legal Officers Stefano Burchi and Kerstin Mechlem,
brings together binding and non-binding international law instruments
that, in varying degrees and from different angles, deal with groundwater.
Its aim is to report developments in international law and to contribute
to detecting law in-the-making in this important field.
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Customary Water Rights Five comprehensive studies on customary water rights are now accessible
online. These studies are the first outputs of a joint FAO
and IUCN project, which aims
at exploring the interface between customary and statutory water
rights in a selected number of countries. Every study includes,
among others, an analysis of the recognition of customary rights
in the countries concerned, the statutory mechanisms to reconcile
customary with statutory rights, the judicial mechanisms to settle
disputes between customary and statutory rights, as well as an identification
of the relevant government practices on water resources administration.
This project is ongoing and further studies are being planned, with
a view to preparing a comparative analysis and a joint FAO/IUCN
publication.
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