Water and the laws in India / edited by Ramaswamy R. Iyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iyer, Ramaswamy R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water--Law and legislation--India.

Water.

Water--Law and legislation.

India.

Physical Description:

xiv, 670 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009.

Contents:

Legal aspects of water resource management / A. Vaidyanathan and Bharath Jairaj

Water in India : constitutional perspectives / Kamala Sankaran

Inter-state water disputes : a nightmare! / Fali S. Nariman

Nation vs. peoples : inter-state water disputes in India's Supreme Court / Radha D'Souza

Riparianism in Indian water jurisprudence / Tony George Puthucherril

The ownership of water in Indian laws / Videh Upadhyay

The human right to water : policies and rights / Upendra Baxi

Community engagement in water governance / M.S. Vani

Water use : legal and institutional framework / K.J. Joy and Suhas Paranjape

Drinking water supply : right and obligation / K.C. Sivaramakrishnan

Water, women and rights / Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

Floods and some legal concerns / Dinesh Kumar Mishra

Water pollution and contamination / Paritosh C. Tyagi

Environmental decision-making in India : a critique / Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli

The contours of EIA in india / Shyam Divan

Displacement in the name of development / Himanshu Thakkar

Groundwater law in India : a new approach / M.S. Vani

Indian laws and acts on traditional tank irrigation systems / DHAN Foundation

Water law reforms in India : trends and prospects / Philippe Cullet and Roopa Madhav

Water law for India : science and philosophy perspectives / T.N. Narasimhan

A synoptic survey and thoughts on change / Ramaswamy R. Iyer.

Notes:

"SAGE law"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9788178298504

8178298503

OCLC:

373561574