TY - BOOK AU - McCaffrey,Stephen C. TI - The law of international watercourses T2 - The Oxford international law library SN - 9780198736929 U1 - 341.762 22 PY - 2019/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Oxford University Press KW - International rivers KW - Water rights (International law) KW - Transboundary pollution KW - Law and legislation KW - Water resources development KW - International cooperation N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-627) and index; Human use of fresh water and the coming era of water scarcity -- The concept of the international watercourse system -- Theoretical bases of international watercourse law : introductory considerations -- Theoretical bases of international watercourse law : an examination of the four principal theories -- The contribution of the law of navigation -- The major cases -- selected case studies -- Introduction : the 1997 United Nations Convention -- Substantive obligations -- Equitable and reasonable utilization -- The obligation to prevent harm to other riparian states -- The obligation to protect international watercourses and their ecosystems -- Procedural obligations -- The special case of groundwater -- Dispute avoidance and settlement : selected aspects; SLAS; law ER -