Research handbook on freshwater law and international relations

Includes index.

Contents: Introduction: an interdisciplinary inquiry into the relationship between fresh water, the rule of law and international relations / M. Tignino and C. Bréthaut -- Part I The characterization of fresh water in international law -- 1. Fresh water as common heritage and a common concern of mankind / S. Kpenou -- 2. The economic management of water resources: the case of the investor-State disputes in the context of concession contracts / B. Zerhdoud -- 3. The environmental management of water resources: what impact on the characterization of fresh water in international law? / M.M. Mbengue and N. Odili -- 4. Urban water management: from the human right framework to political challenges in Latin America / Emilie Dupuits -- 5. Water in the practice of the United Nations Security Council: trends and new perspectives / M. Tignino -- Part II Sources of international law in the management and protection of fresh water resources -- 6. The customary law of international watercourses / S.C. McCaffrey -- 7. 'Glocal' water management and regional organizations: multi-level law and transjuridicity / A. Correia Lima Macedo Franca -- 8. Diplomacy, responsibility and accountability in transboundary water disputes / A. Tanzi -- 9. Fresh water and energy in international courts and tribunals: hydroelectricity installations on transboundary rivers / D. Azaria -- 10. Settlement of disputes concerning international watercourses / L. Caflisch -- Part III Specific regimes of fresh water resources -- 11. Fresh water resources and climate change / M. Stoffel, Z.W. Kundzewicz and M. Beniston -- 12. The human right to water and sanitation: challenges and opportunities / S.M.A. Salman -- 13. Transboundary aquifers / S. Hawkins and R. Martin-Nagle -- 14. Responsibility and liability in international law for damage to transboundary fresh water resources / O. McIntyre -- Part IV Beyond international law: the interplay between fresh water and social and environmental sciences -- 15. Studying international water conflict / L. Maertens and G. Pflieger -- 16. Benefit sharing in international water law: a multi-disciplinary undertaking / L. Boisson de Chazournes and C. Leb -- 17. An institutionalist perspective on the use of international water law: crafting institutions in a multi-level setting / T. Bolognesi and C. Bréthaut -- 18. The role of hydrogeology in fresh water management / A. Rivera, A. Dumont and A. Aureli -- 19. The role of geography in fresh water management / M. Milano and E. Reynard -- 20. The role of ethics in fresh water management: linking the ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility / E. Fiechter-Widemann -- Index.

Over recent decades, there have been pivotal changes in the management and protection of water resources as human rights, environmental and water law have all turned towards the conservation of freshwater. This Research Handbook analyses the interactions and interplay between law and other fields, bringing together interdisciplinary contributors, from both academic and practitioner background, to establish the extent to which law is being informed by other fields. Providing expert advice from disciplines ranging from law and political science to geography and hydrogeology, this Research Handbook critically examines the impact on freshwater law on various disciplines. Offering concrete illustrations of the relationships between environmental sciences and law, and combining legal research with theories of international relations and political science, the Research Handbook on Freshwater Law and International Relations provides an original methodology to examine the challenge of freshwater management and protection. The insights provided by this Research Handbook will be invaluable to law and political science researchers with an interest in freshwater law and international relations, as well as advanced students of environmental sciences and practitioners and decision makers in freshwater management and protection.