International Watercourses Law for the 21st Century

Professor Surya P. Subedi, OBE, is Professor of International Law at the School of Law, University of Leeds, UK.

Contents: Introduction: international watercourses law for the 21st Century and the case of the River Ganges Basin, Surya P. Subedi. International Perspective: Regulation of shared water resources in international law: the challenge of balancing competing demands, Surya P. Subedi; Current state of development in the Law of International Watercourses, Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Gerhard Loibl. The Issues in the Ganges River Basin: A maverick view, Ramaswamy R. Iyer; A tale of two treaties: the Ganga and Mahakali agreements and the watercourses convention, B.S. Chimni; The Bangladesh-India Treaty on sharing of the Ganges water: potentials and challenges, Anjan Datta; The natural and human environment of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin, Graham P. Chapman. Comparative Perspectives: Experience of Other Regions: The evolution of the regime for the River Rhine, André Nollkaemper; International watercourses law: the experience of the River Mekong region, Bantita Pichyakorn. The National Perspectives: The legal regime on water resources in Nepal, Surya Nath Upadhyay; The policy and law of Bangladesh concerning the utilization of her water resources, Mohammad Humayun Kabir; Equitable utilisation of Nepalese water resources: bilateral and multilateral perspectives, Trilochan Upreti; Conclusions and recommendations, Surya P. Subedi; Appendices on treaties; Notes on contributors; Bibliography.