Water and the laws in India /

Laws relating to water in India have diverse origins, including ancient local customs and the British Common Law. The in-depth chapters in this compendium, written by luminaries from various fields, pertain to issues on water and proceed to a discussion of the legal questions that arise. This volume...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Iyer, Ramaswamy R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009.
New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2009.
Colección:SAGE law.
Temas:
Water > Law and legislation > India.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Water > Law and legislation
Public international law: environment.
South East Asia.
Social work.
India.
Environment law.
Law.
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Legal aspects of water resource management / A. Vaidyanathan and Bharath Jairaj
  • Water in India : constitutional perspectives / Kamala Sankaran
  • Inter-state water disputes : a nightmare! / Fali S. Nariman
  • Nation vs. peoples : inter-state water disputes in India's Supreme Court / Radha D'Souza
  • Riparianism in Indian water jurisprudence / Tony George Puthucherril
  • The ownership of water in Indian laws / Videh Upadhyay
  • The human right to water : policies and rights / Upendra Baxi
  • Community engagement in water governance / M.S. Vani
  • Water use : legal and institutional framework / K.J. Joy and Suhas Paranjape
  • Drinking water supply : right and obligation / K.C. Sivaramakrishnan
  • Water, women and rights / Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
  • Floods and some legal concerns / Dinesh Kumar Mishra
  • Water pollution and contamination / Paritosh C. Tyagi
  • Environmental decision-making in India : a critique / Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli
  • The contours of EIA in india / Shyam Divan
  • Displacement in the name of development / Himanshu Thakkar
  • Groundwater law in India : a new approach / M.S. Vani
  • Indian laws and acts on traditional tank irrigation systems / DHAN Foundation
  • Water law reforms in India : trends and prospects / Philippe Cullet and Roopa Madhav
  • Water law for India : science and philosophy perspectives / T.N. Narasimhan
  • A synoptic survey and thoughts on change / Ramaswamy R. Iyer.

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