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Legal Control of Water Resources: Cases and Materials

7th Edition
Barton H. Thompson Jr. | John D. Leshy | Robert H. Abrams | Sandra B. Zellmer
ISBN: 9781685615185
Subject: Water Rights
Format: Print - Hardbound
Page Count: 1168
Copyright: 2025 | Status: In Stock
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Now in a fully updated and streamlined seventh edition, this casebook provides a comprehensive look at water law. The book spans eastern and western water law and policy; management of both surface water and groundwater; environmental issues (including the public trust doctrine and Endangered Species Act); interstate water relations (including an in-depth examination of the Colorado River); Indian water rights and federal-state water relations; water institutions (including consideration of the human right to water); property right claims; and water quality. The relevance of climate change adaptation is considered throughout. The casebook covers the newest U.S. Supreme Court cases, along with other recent developments throughout the U.S. As before, the book includes in-depth text and footnotes, providing a rich understanding of the subject matter, yet its length has been reduced by over 10 percent.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: American Casebook Series
Publication Date: 08/15/2025
Related Subject(s): Natural Resources

Barton H. Thompson Jr., Stanford Law School

John D. Leshy, UC College of the Law, San Francisco

Robert H. Abrams, Florida A&M University College of Law

Sandra B. Zellmer, University of Montana School of Law

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Substantively, the materials in this edition have been thoroughly updated, rewritten, somewhat reorganized, and considerably shortened. The casebook covers the newest U.S. Supreme Court cases, along with other recent developments throughout the U.S. As before, the book includes in-depth text and footnotes, providing a rich understanding of the subject matter, yet its length has been reduced by over 10 percent.

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