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Indigenous legal rights to freshwater [electronic resource] : Australia in the international context...

Indigenous legal rights to freshwater [electronic resou...

Indigenous legal rights to freshwater [electronic resource] : Australia in the international context...

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Indigenous legal rights to freshwater [electronic resource] : Australia in the international context / M. Durette.

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Full title

Indigenous legal rights to freshwater [electronic resource] : Australia in the international context / M. Durette.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Canberra : ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, 2008.

Date

2008.

Record Identifier

74VvK4e2e66d

MMS ID

991007938519702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

48 p.

Contents

Background to freshwater rights - Freshwater and Indigenous people - Evolution of water law - Ownership of water - Water rights - Water markets and commercial rights - Management rights -- Indigenous ownership of water - United States - Canada - Nisga'a Final Agreement - New Zealand - Australia - An...

Publication information

Publisher

Canberra : ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, 2008.

Place of Publication

Australian Capital Territory

Date Published

2008.

Subjects

Subject Keywords

  • Aborigines
  • Torres Strait Islanders
  • Water rights
  • Land tenure
  • Indigenous populations
  • Canada
  • New Zealand
  • United States
  • Aboriginal marine rights
  • Australia overseas comparisons

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Scope and Contents

Summary

The paper undertakes a comparative overview of the law as it pertains to Indigenous rights in freshwater in four countries: the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. It is organised around four themes of particular concern to contemporary Indigenous Australians: ownership of water, water rights, commercial rights, and management rights...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Indigenous legal rights to freshwater [electronic resource] : Australia in the international context / M. Durette.

Notes

General note

CAEPR working paper, 1442-3871 ; no. 42/2008.

Title from title screen (viewed on July 30, 2008)

"May 2008".

Includes bibliographical references.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in electronic version via the Internet at: http://www.anu.edu.au/caepr/Publications/WP/CAEPRWP42.pdf.

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Address as at 18/07/2011: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Publications/WP/2008WP42.php.

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Record Identifier

74VvK4e2e66d

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvK4e2e66d

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ISBN

0731549414

9780731549412

DDC

333.91170994

MMS ID

991007938519702626

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