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The Politics Of Common Law In Theory And History, Ian Duncanson Jul 1989

The Politics Of Common Law In Theory And History, Ian Duncanson

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This paper is concerned with the theme of law as an outsider, in theory and practice, and with its appearance as the cohesive force which intervenes to make social order possible. In the first part of the paper I look at two legal theories and at two examples of what I take to be liberal historiography. In the second part I discuss the English common law, and the implications of its close association with agrarian capitalism and City of London finance.


Within The Hundredth Meridian: Western States And Their River Basins In A Time Of Transition, John M. Volkman, Kai N. Lee Jun 1989

Within The Hundredth Meridian: Western States And Their River Basins In A Time Of Transition, John M. Volkman, Kai N. Lee

Boundaries and Water: Allocation and Use of a Shared Resource (Summer Conference, June 5-7)

29 pages.

Contains footnotes.


Agenda: Boundaries And Water: Allocation And Use Of A Shared Resource, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jun 1989

Agenda: Boundaries And Water: Allocation And Use Of A Shared Resource, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Boundaries and Water: Allocation and Use of a Shared Resource (Summer Conference, June 5-7)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors David H. Getches, Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Charles F. Wilkinson.

Boundaries and Water: Allocation and Use of a Shared Resource is the topic of the Center's annual summer program on water this June. Most of the major rivers in the western United States are shared between two or more states. Often tribal governments play an important role in water allocation and use decisions. International considerations also may be involved in some cases. These interjurisdictional issues extend to groundwater as well as surface water.

This conference will provide the …