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Lessons from plachimada for water law : who should own the groundwater

Mahesh Menon

Lessons from plachimada for water law : who should own the groundwater - BangaloreBangalore NLSIU 2013 - 84 p. ; 25 cm.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Certificate II; Declaration III; Acknowledgements IV; Index of Abbreviations VI; Summary IX; Research Methodology Xli; Chapter One: What Happened at Plachimada & Plachimadas in the making. 1; A. The Story of Plachimada 1; B. Plachimadas in the Making 9; Chapter Two: The Common Law & Regulation of Groundwater 17; A. The English Rule and American Rules. 17; B. The Public Trust Approach to Groundwater 24; C. The Common Law in India and Attempts at Reform 30; Chapter Three: The Regulation of Groundwater: International approaches 38; A. The Lessons from International Experience 56; Chapter 4: Reconceptualising the Ground Water Law for India 58; A. The Case for Decentralization 58; B. Strategies for India 61; Chapter 5: Conclusions 70; Bibliography 73.