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Brief For Respondents American Rivers And Friends Of The Presumpcot River, S.D. Warren Co. V. Maine Bd. Of Envtl. Prot., No. 04-1527 (U.S. Jan. 6, 2006), Richard J. Lazarus
Brief For Respondents American Rivers And Friends Of The Presumpcot River, S.D. Warren Co. V. Maine Bd. Of Envtl. Prot., No. 04-1527 (U.S. Jan. 6, 2006), Richard J. Lazarus
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Crystals And Mud In Nature, Richard J. Lazarus
Crystals And Mud In Nature, Richard J. Lazarus
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Professor James Salzman has written a wonderful article, which promises an equally wonderful book. His article intelligently and thoughtfully examines the forces that compete, conflict, and combine in the creation of laws relating to drinking water. These include, of course, the physical characteristics of the resource itself and how the resource relates to essential biological needs of humankind. But as Professor Salzman demonstrates, the biological role is only one of several perspectives on drinking water relevant to the kind of legal rules that apply to it. The article describes drinking water as a cultural resource, a social resource, and an …
Reserved Indian Water Rights In Riparian Jurisdictions: Water, Water Everywhere, Perhaps Some Drops For Us, Hope M. Babcock
Reserved Indian Water Rights In Riparian Jurisdictions: Water, Water Everywhere, Perhaps Some Drops For Us, Hope M. Babcock
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In this Article, the author explores the question of whether nonfederally recognized eastern Indian tribes can claim reserved tribal rights to water under the Winters doctrine. The urgency of resolving this question in the tribes 'favor is underscored by the mounting problem of water scarcity in the East, where most such tribes live, and the problems these tribes have in claiming water under the prevailing systems for managing water in that part of the country, riparianism and regulated riparianism. Recognizing that, to date, these rights have been claimed almost exclusively by federally recognized western tribes who live on withdrawn federal …