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O'Donnell, Erin, 1979-

Legal Rights for Rivers : Competition, Collaboration and Water Governance / Erin O'Donnell. - viii, 202 pages : illustrations, maps 25 cm. - Earthscan studies in water resource management .

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, 2017) issued under title: Constructing the aquatic environment as a legal subject : legal rights, market participation, and the power of narrative.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction;
Constructing the environment in law: making it count;
Environmental water managers: examples of indirect legal personhood for rivers;
Just another user : environmental water managers in Australia;
Partnership as success: the EWMs of the western USA;
Competing narratives and the paradox of the EWMs;
Rivers as legal persons : competition and collaboration;
Legal rights for rivers : a cause for celebration or concern?.

ISBN: 9781138603257 (hbk)

LCCN: 2018030343

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rivers--Law and legislation.
Water resources development--Law and legislation.
Locus standi.

LC Class. No.: K3496 / .O36 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 346.046 ODO