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Issues in water law reform

… These were (a) the transition from an existing landed property-based system of water abstraction rights to a … fundamental issue of taking of constitutionally-protected property rights, with obvious political overtones. The latter … The formula most often adopted was that the Crown has "the right to the use, flow and control of all water" in …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… and shoreline stabilization functions can reduce property damage, whilst floodplains recharge groundwater … Environmental Water Rights: An Evolving Concept of Public Property at p. 358. Mermet, L. France, in Turner and Jones … detail: this is a highly specialised subject in its own right. The aim of this book is instead to clarify the …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… A COMMODITY II. WATER AS A SERVICE III. WATER AS A HUMAN RIGHT IV. CONCLUSION REFERENCES 327 329 331 333 339 340 … land owners to access and use the water that borders their property. rivalry: the degree to which the use of a unit of a … These may be personal harms, such as illness or injury, or property harm. The most extreme remedy is imprisonment. …
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Sources of international water law

… 1.1.2.4 Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast … the exercise of navigation referred to above, the nations, property and flags of all Contracting States shall be treated … No distinction shall be made between the nationals the property and the flags of the different riparian States, …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… the General Assembly of the United Nations affirmed the “right to safe and clean water and sanitation as a human right … the boundary … on either side to the injury of health or property on the other.”89 Such notions were founded, in large … of Water laW non laedas, which prohibits the use of one’s property in a way that would harm the property of another.108 …
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