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Administering Colorado’S Water: A Critique Of The Present Approach, Clyde O. Martz, Bennett W. Raley
Administering Colorado’S Water: A Critique Of The Present Approach, Clyde O. Martz, Bennett W. Raley
Colorado Water Issues and Options: The 90's and Beyond: Toward Maximum Beneficial Use of Colorado's Water Resources (October 8)
41 pages.
Contains footnotes.
Legal Implications Of Instream Flows And Other Nonconsumptive Uses, Steven J. Shupe
Legal Implications Of Instream Flows And Other Nonconsumptive Uses, Steven J. Shupe
Western Water Law in Transition (Summer Conference, June 3-5)
14 pages.
Administering Water Rights: The Permit System, Lawrence J. Wolfe
Administering Water Rights: The Permit System, Lawrence J. Wolfe
Western Water Law in Transition (Summer Conference, June 3-5)
69 pages.
Contains references.
Agenda: Western Water Law In Transition, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Agenda: Western Water Law In Transition, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Western Water Law in Transition (Summer Conference, June 3-5)
Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors James N. Corbridge, Jr., Lawrence J. MacDonnell, Richard B. Collins, David H. Getches and Charles F. Wilkinson.
The prior appropriation doctrine has governed the allocation and use of water in the western United States since the 1850s. The shifting nature of water demand is bringing about changes in the traditional legal system. This conference will consider the fundamental principles of the prior appropriation doctrine together with the important new developments in the law now underway throughout the West.
Refuting The “Classic” Property Clause Theory, Eugene R. Gaetke
Refuting The “Classic” Property Clause Theory, Eugene R. Gaetke
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
In a series of cases the Supreme Court has recognized broad, preemptive federal regulatory power over federally owned land. The Court has based these decisions on the combined effect of the property and supremacy clauses of the Constitution. The scope of this power has been the cause of a heated political and legal debate in western states, which contain extensive federal land holdings. A number of legal commentators have argued that the Court's broad construction of the property clause is a misinterpretation of the Framers' intent and that the clause merely grants the federal government proprietary rights over its land …