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Water Law and Cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris Region: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach xxx, 408 pp. Edition
Author(s): Aysegul Kibaroglu (Editor), Adele Kirschner (Editor), Sigrid Mehring (Editor), Rüdiger Wolfrum (Editor)
- Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
- Publication Date: 22 Aug. 2013
- Edition: xxx, 408 pp.
- Language: English
- Print length: 438 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004258345
- ISBN-13: 9789004258341
Book Description
Alongside contributions by legal scholars from the respective riparian countries on the national water law, the book offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on political, hydrological and environmental aspects of water management in the region. Additionally, the overall legal implications of water sharing and water resource management are addressed analyzed, in a critical overview. Finally,
Water Law in the Euphrates-Tigris Region: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach serves as a comprehensive analysis of modern water law in its inclusion of comparative studies of legal and institutional aspects of water management systems in other international river basins.Legal scholars, political scientists, specialists in conflict resolution, economists and policy-makers will find an essential new work in
Water Law in the Euphrates-Tigris Region: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach.Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Adele J. Kirschner studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland. She worked as a research fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg and was a member of the Institute’s project team on “Water Conflicts in International Law”. She now works for Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law and is writing her Ph.D. at the University of Heidelberg.
Sigrid Mehring studied law at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands and McGill University, Montréal, Canada. She worked as a research fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg and is currently legal advisor on the right to health at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for International Cooperation, GIZ).
Rüdiger Wolfrum, em. Dr. Dr. h.c., was Professor of National and International Public Law at the Universities of Mainz (1982), Kiel (1982–1993) and Heidelberg (1993-2012). He was also Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (1993-2012). In 1996 he was appointed as Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and served as president from 2005 to 2008. He has published extensively in various fields of international law.
