Dissolving Differences: Conclusion
The governance of water is a cross cutting issue that impacts on every human entity from the poorest of the poor to the most powerful of governments to the richest of corporations. In the same way every human entity has the responsibility to ensure that every last drop is used as efficiently and sustainably as [...]
Posted by Dave under Dissolving Differences: Water and Law, Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »Dissolving Differences chapter 6: Water and developmental rights
The importance of the link between water and developmental rights is well demonstrated by its priority position in the World Summit on Sustainable Development plan of implementation. In this document, access to water is primarily dealt with in chapter II on poverty eradication and chapter IV on the protection and management of the natural resource [...]
Posted by Dave under Dissolving Differences: Water and Law, Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »Dissolving Differences Chapter 5. Emerging Conceptualizations of water security
While the maintenance of, and quest for, international peace and security remain pressing imperatives, the definitions and perception of these concepts have changed in fundamental ways. The world is not only facing “hard” security issues such as interstate war, weapons of mass destruction and armed aggression but also “human security” issues such as poverty hunger, [...]
Posted by Dave under Dissolving Differences: Water and Law, Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »Dissolving Differences Chapter 4: The globalisation and commodification of water resources
4.1 The globalisation of water Access to water is an increasingly crucial battleground in the fight between environmental imperatives and commercial gain as it is primary area that corporations use to add value to their operation by withdrawing undervalued environmental services. We live in a time when everything is for sale and even those areas [...]
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Posted by Dave under Dissolving Differences: Water and Law, Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »Chapter 2 Dissolving differences: The legitimacy of environmental law
2.1 Prioritising environmental imperatives: Legitimacy is an increasingly important issue in international environmental law. The growing severity and complexity of environmental problems has increased the need for institutions with greater legislative, administrative and adjudicatory authority. It has also necessitated a more flexible approach, capable of dealing with emerging problems and solutions through the development, implementation [...]
Posted by Dave under Dissolving Differences: Water and Law, Uncategorized | Permalink | 1 Comment »Chapter 1 Dissolving differences: The International system
1.1 Structuring change in the international system: International law is a normative system that has as its primary objective the governing of state conduct to prevent conflict and ensure cooperation. International law, as distinct from national legislation, incorporates laws that have been developed over many centuries of interstate relations yet it continues to evolve to [...]
Posted by Dave under Dissolving Differences: Water and Law, Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »Dissolving Differences: Law and Water’s role in legitimizing global hierarchies
Those of you that know me will know that I am a bit of a water nut and have concentrated much of my studies examining the extent and the effects of the global water crisis. Water management is a cross cutting issue that effects many sectors of society and requires social, economic and environmental spheres [...]
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