The Role of Law in Transboundary River Basin Disputes

Cooperation and Peaceful Settlement

Chukwuebuka Edum (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

148 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-55080-0 (ISBN)

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This book examines the role legal rules play in the resolution of disputes in transboundary river basins.

When states fail to resolve disputes over shared water resources, many cast such failures on inadequate or ineffective legal rules. With this view in mind, this book examines the role that legal rules do, and can, play in aiding the peaceful settlement of disputes and furthering cooperation between different parties. Building on the interactional theory of law, this book formulates three analytical frameworks: the effect of norm-generating processes, the effects of water-related agreements and/ or arrangements in the basins, and the effect of international water. It uses these frameworks to assess the role of law in the processes of cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes on transboundary river basin by drawing on four illustrative case studies: the Jordan River Basin, the Nile River Basin, the Mekong River Basin, and the Indus River Basin. In doing so, this book presents a unique perspective on the multi-functional role of legal rules in those processes. Tapping into the global discussion on water security and water-related conflicts, this book stimulates readers to explore broader or interdisciplinary perspectives for understanding water-related issues.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in water resource management, water law, environmental politics, conflict resolution, and sustainable development more generally.

Chukwuebuka Edum holds a PhD in International Law from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He is a researcher specialising in the intersection between International Law, Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development.

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Interactional Theory of Law

3. Cooperation and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in the Jordan River Basin

4. Cooperation and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in the Nile River Basin

5. Cooperation and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in the Mekong River Basin

6. Cooperation and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in the Indus River Basin

7. General Conclusions

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	28.12.2023
Reihe/Serie	Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	449 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-032-55080-5 / 1032550805
ISBN-13	978-1-032-55080-0 / 9781032550800
Zustand	Neuware