Charting the water regulatory future : issues, challenges and directions / edited by Julien Chaisse.
2017
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Title
Charting the water regulatory future : issues, challenges and directions / edited by Julien Chaisse.
Published
Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2017]
Call Number
K3498 .C47 2017
ISBN
9781785366710 (cased)
1785366718 (cased)
9781785366727 (ebook)
1785366718 (cased)
9781785366727 (ebook)
Description
xxx, 411 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)961799928
Summary
This book is about the issues, challenges and directions currently faced by water as a key resource for mankind. The book aims at providing a finer understanding of the water regulatory future. The contributions in this book are grouped around specific themes. In Part I, the contributions address the water challenge to public international law. In Part II, the authors explore the most pressing ethical, legal, and social issues. In Part III, the discussion covers the economic drivers shaping the future of water.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-394) and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Charting the water regulatory future. Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2017] 9781785366727 (OCoLC)971040401
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
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Table of Contents
About the editor
vii
List of contributors
ix
Foreword
xvii
Table of cases
xx
Table of legislation
xxiv
1.
Introduction / Julien Chaisse
1
pt. I
WATER CHALLENGE TO PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
2.
Promoting global water-use efficiency -- promises and shortcomings of international trade rules / Manzoor Ahmad
23
3.
trade in water services -- how does GATS apply to the water and sanitation services sector? / Rebecca Bates
36
4.
Virtual water: a global economic solution to a local environmental and political problem? / Paolo Turrini
55
5.
Foreign investment in water: privatization, globalization and the law / Julien Chaisse
76
6.
right of the host state to regulate water services / Catharine Titi
91
7.
Regulation and protection of water in international law: terrestrial and marine perspectives / Virginie J. M. Tassin
105
pt. II
ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES
8.
Is investment arbitration inimical to the human right to water? The re-examination of arbitral decisions on water services / Shotaro Hamamoto
145
9.
provision and violation of water rights (the case of Pakistan) -- a human rights based approach / Sikander Ahmed Shah
167
10.
human right to clean water and sanitation -- a perspective from Nigeria / Cosmas Emeziem
195
11.
Troubled waters: impact of the private sector in implementing the right to water / Preetha Mahadevan
215
12.
Sanitation rights, public law litigation and inequality: a case study from Brazil / Ana Paula de Barcellos
236
pt. III
ECONOMIC DRIVERS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF WATER
13.
Demand for infrastructure investment for water services: key features and assessment methods / Debashis Chakraborty
257
14.
Residential water charges in Ireland: policy objectives and funding models / Thomas McDonnell
297
15.
role of multinationals in providing water services -- are they more efficient? / Francesc Hernandez-Sancho
321
16.
Microfinance in water and sanitation services: identifying best practices / Allen Yu-Hung Lai
343
Bibliography
356
Index
395