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- Title
GLOBAL CLIMATE DISRUPTION AND WATER LAW REFORM.
- Authors
Dellapenna, Joseph W.
- Abstract
The article discusses the water law reform as a response to the global climate disruption in the U.S. It states that water allocation law is primarily a matter of state law in the country and it can either hinder or facilitate the adaptation of communities to global climate disruption. It cites the three models of water law including appropriative rights, riparian rights and regulated riparianism. However, the three models do not guarantee that communities will strike the perfect balance between the private need and public interest. Meanwhile, the regulated riparianism appears to be best suited to cope with the big challenges that the country will face for the coming century, despite the fact that it is not a perfect system.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WATER laws; CLIMATE change laws; WATER rights; RIPARIAN rights; REGULATORY reform; LAW reform; LAND tenure laws; WATER trusts
- Publication
Widener Law Review, 2010, Vol 15, Issue 2, p409
- ISSN
1933-5555
- Publication type
Article