Water and laws in India / by Ramaswany R. Lyer

By:

Iyer, Ramaswamy R

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: SAGE lawPublication details: Sage, 2012. New Delhi:Description: xiv, 670pISBN:

9788178298504

Subject(s):

Water-laws and legislation-India

DDC classification:

346.5404691 WAT

Contents:

1.Legal aspects of water resource management / A. Vaidyanathan and Bharath Jairaj -- 2.Water in India : constitutional perspectives / Kamala Sankaran -- 3.Inter-state water disputes : a nightmare! / Fali S. Nariman -- 4.Nation vs. peoples : inter-state water disputes in India's Supreme Court / Radha D'Souza -- 5.Riparianism in Indian water jurisprudence / Tony George Puthucherril -- 6.The ownership of water in Indian laws / Videh Upadhyay -- 7.The human right to water : policies and rights / Upendra Baxi -- 8.Community engagement in water governance / M.S. Vani -- 9.Water use : legal and institutional framework / K.J. Joy and Suhas Paranjape -- 9.Drinking water supply : right and obligation / K.C. Sivaramakrishnan -- 10.Water, women and rights / Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt -- 11.Floods and some legal concerns / Dinesh Kumar Mishra -- 12.Water pollution and contamination / Paritosh C. Tyagi -- 13.Environmental decision-making in India : a critique / Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli -- 14.The contours of EIA in india / Shyam Divan -- 15.Displacement in the name of development / Himanshu Thakkar -- 16.Groundwater law in India : a new approach / M.S. Vani -- 17.Indian laws and acts on traditional tank irrigation systems / DHAN Foundation -- 18.Water law reforms in India : trends and prospects / Philippe Cullet and Roopa Madhav -- 19.Water law for India : science and philosophy perspectives / T.N. Narasimhan -- 20.A synoptic survey and thoughts on change / Ramaswamy R. Iyer.

Summary: A compendium on the various issues and questions that arise in relation to water in its different aspects and uses. It addresses aspects like: what is the nature of water? Is it a basic life-need and therefore a basic right, or an economic good (or tradable commodity), or a natural resource belonging to the community or the nation?

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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1.Legal aspects of water resource management / A. Vaidyanathan and Bharath Jairaj --
2.Water in India : constitutional perspectives / Kamala Sankaran --
3.Inter-state water disputes : a nightmare! / Fali S. Nariman --
4.Nation vs. peoples : inter-state water disputes in India's Supreme Court / Radha D'Souza --
5.Riparianism in Indian water jurisprudence / Tony George Puthucherril --
6.The ownership of water in Indian laws / Videh Upadhyay --
7.The human right to water : policies and rights / Upendra Baxi --
8.Community engagement in water governance / M.S. Vani --
9.Water use : legal and institutional framework / K.J. Joy and Suhas Paranjape --
9.Drinking water supply : right and obligation / K.C. Sivaramakrishnan --
10.Water, women and rights / Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt --
11.Floods and some legal concerns / Dinesh Kumar Mishra --
12.Water pollution and contamination / Paritosh C. Tyagi --
13.Environmental decision-making in India : a critique / Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli --
14.The contours of EIA in india / Shyam Divan --
15.Displacement in the name of development / Himanshu Thakkar --
16.Groundwater law in India : a new approach / M.S. Vani --
17.Indian laws and acts on traditional tank irrigation systems / DHAN Foundation --
18.Water law reforms in India : trends and prospects / Philippe Cullet and Roopa Madhav --
19.Water law for India : science and philosophy perspectives / T.N. Narasimhan --
20.A synoptic survey and thoughts on change / Ramaswamy R. Iyer.

A compendium on the various issues and questions that arise in relation to water in its different aspects and uses. It addresses aspects like: what is the nature of water? Is it a basic life-need and therefore a basic right, or an economic good (or tradable commodity), or a natural resource belonging to the community or the nation?

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