Table of Contents:
  • Human use of fresh water and the coming era of water scarcity
  • The concept of the international watercourse system
  • Theoretical bases of international watercourse law : introductory considerations
  • International watercourses as exclusively national resources : the "Harmon doctrine" in United States practice
  • Theoretical bases of international watercourse law : an examination of the four principal theories
  • The contribution of the law of navigation
  • The major cases
  • Selected case studies
  • Introduction : the 1997 United Nations Convention
  • Equitable and reasonable utilization
  • The obligation to prevent harm to other riparian states
  • The obligation to protect international watercourses and their ecosystems
  • Procedural obligations
  • The special case of groundwater
  • Dispute avoidance and settlement : selected aspects.