Transboundary Water Disputes: State Conflict and the Assessment of their Adjudication

by Itzchak E. Kornfeld

Overview

One of the most challenging aspects of climate change has been the increased pressure on water resources limited by droughts and new rain patterns, which has been exacerbated by rapid modernization. Due to these realities, disputes across national borders over use and access to water have now become more commonplace. This study analyzes the history and adjudication of transboundary water disputes in five international courts and tribunals, two US Supreme Court cases, and boundary water disputes between the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico. Explaining the circumstances and outcomes of these cases, Kornfeld asks how effective the courts and tribunals have been in adjudicating them. What kind of remedies have they fashioned and how have they dealt with polycentric and sovereignty issues? This timely work examines the doctrine of equitable allocation of transboundary water resources and how this norm can be incorporated into international law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781316946961
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/21/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Itzchak E. Kornfeld teaches international and transboundary water law and consults to governments and indigenous peoples on transboundary water issues. He has earned several degrees in both law and geology, and he has worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a Senior Geohydrologist, working on surface and ground water issues, and for Texaco/Chevron as an environmental geologist, where he dealt with migration of contaminants in water.

Table of Contents

1. Adjudication and the scope of transboundary water disputes; 2. The proliferation of dispute resolution fora; 3. The scope of transboundary water issues, and polycentricity; 4. Pacific dispute resolution and the limitations on adjudication; 5. The impacts of sovereignty; 6. The courts and tribunals assessed here; 7. Factors used in analyzing effectiveness; 8. Analyzing the disputes – the Supreme Court; 9. Arbitration of transboundary water disputes; 10. Conclusion; Index.