Golden rules : the origins of California water law in the Gold Rush /

Fresh water has become scarce and will become even more so in the coming years, as continued population growth places ever greater demands on the supply of fresh water. At the same time, options for increasing that supply look to be ever more limited. No longer can we rely on technological solutions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kanazawa, Mark (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Colección:Markets and governments in economic history.
Temas:
1800-1899
Water rights > California > History > 19th century.
Gold mines and mining > California > Water-supply > History > 19th century.
Droits sur les eaux > Californie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Gold mines and mining.
Gold mines and mining > Water-supply.
Water rights.
Goldbergbau
Wasserrecht
California > Gold discoveries.
Californie > Découvertes d'or.
California.
Kalifornien
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Economic theory and the evolution of water law
  • Water and the technologies of mining
  • Watering the diggings: the development of the ditch industry
  • The informal law of the mining camps
  • Origins of the common law of mining and water rights
  • The origins of prior appropriation
  • Water quality and the law of nuisance
  • Bursting dams and the law of nuisance
  • Conclusions.

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