The Colorado Doctrine
Water Rights, Corporations, and Distributive Justice on the American Frontier
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2012
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-13447-6 (ISBN)
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-13447-6 (ISBN)
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Describes how Colorado miners, irrigators, lawmakers, and judges forged a system of private property in water based on a desire to spread property and its benefits as widely as possible among independent citizens. The author demonstrates that ownership was not dictated by concerns for economic efficiency, but by a regard for social justice.
Making extensive use of archival and other primary sources, David Schorr demonstrates that the development of the “appropriation doctrine,” a system of private rights in water, was part of a radical attack on monopoly and corporate power in the arid West. Schorr describes how Colorado miners, irrigators, lawmakers, and judges forged a system of private property in water based on a desire to spread property and its benefits as widely as possible among independent citizens. He demonstrates that ownership was not dictated by concerns for economic efficiency, but by a regard for social justice.
Making extensive use of archival and other primary sources, David Schorr demonstrates that the development of the “appropriation doctrine,” a system of private rights in water, was part of a radical attack on monopoly and corporate power in the arid West. Schorr describes how Colorado miners, irrigators, lawmakers, and judges forged a system of private property in water based on a desire to spread property and its benefits as widely as possible among independent citizens. He demonstrates that ownership was not dictated by concerns for economic efficiency, but by a regard for social justice.
David Schorr is senior lecturer at Tel Aviv University, where he chairs the Law and Environment Program at the Faculty of Law.
| Reihe/Serie | Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 15 b-w illus. |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 572 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-300-13447-9 / 0300134479 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-300-13447-6 / 9780300134476 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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