One Step at a Time: International Law and the Duty to Cooperate in the Management of Shared Water Resources

Analyzing the dynamics of international cooperation, this article describes the role of international law in the process. It illustrates that international law is a tool to achieve mutually beneficial relations and can be a driver for cooperation. Describing how these dynamics apply in the context o...

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Main Author: Leb, Christina
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20659
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spelling okr-10986-206592021-04-23T14:03:59Z One Step at a Time: International Law and the Duty to Cooperate in the Management of Shared Water Resources Leb, Christina cooperation international law transboundary waters UN Watercourses Convention duty to cooperate Analyzing the dynamics of international cooperation, this article describes the role of international law in the process. It illustrates that international law is a tool to achieve mutually beneficial relations and can be a driver for cooperation. Describing how these dynamics apply in the context of cooperation on transboundary rivers, the article traces the emergence of the general duty to cooperate in international water law as a legal response to the interdependence and coordination requirements in the management and development of shared water resources. 2014-12-04T23:09:44Z 2014-12-04T23:09:44Z 2014-11-06 Journal Article Water International 0250-8060 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20659 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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topic cooperation
international law
transboundary waters
UN Watercourses Convention
duty to cooperate
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international law
transboundary waters
UN Watercourses Convention
duty to cooperate
Leb, Christina
One Step at a Time: International Law and the Duty to Cooperate in the Management of Shared Water Resources
description Analyzing the dynamics of international cooperation, this article describes the role of international law in the process. It illustrates that international law is a tool to achieve mutually beneficial relations and can be a driver for cooperation. Describing how these dynamics apply in the context of cooperation on transboundary rivers, the article traces the emergence of the general duty to cooperate in international water law as a legal response to the interdependence and coordination requirements in the management and development of shared water resources.
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author Leb, Christina
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title One Step at a Time: International Law and the Duty to Cooperate in the Management of Shared Water Resources
title_short One Step at a Time: International Law and the Duty to Cooperate in the Management of Shared Water Resources
title_full One Step at a Time: International Law and the Duty to Cooperate in the Management of Shared Water Resources
title_fullStr One Step at a Time: International Law and the Duty to Cooperate in the Management of Shared Water Resources
title_full_unstemmed One Step at a Time: International Law and the Duty to Cooperate in the Management of Shared Water Resources
title_sort one step at a time: international law and the duty to cooperate in the management of shared water resources
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2014
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20659
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