Terje Tvedt is Professor of Geography, University of Bergen and Professor of Political Science and Global History, University of Oslo. He has published extensively on water related topics and presented two successful television documentaries, shown in 150 countries. His books include The River Nile in the Age of the British (2004) and A Journey in the Future of Water (2103). Owen McIntyre is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University College Cork, specialising in Environmental Law. He acts as a consultant to organisations such as the World Bank, UNDP, UNEP, EU, SIDA and GTZ on matters related to environmental law and international water law. He is a member of the Project Complaints Mechanism of the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and of the Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency as an expert on European and International Environmental Law. He is the author of Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law (2007). Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik is Dean and Assistant Professor of Law and Human Rights, College of Law and Governance Studies, Addis Ababa University. He holds a PhD from the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. His research interests include international watercourses law and Ethiopia's national human rights system. He is the author of International Watercourses Law in the Nile Basin: Three States at a Crossroads (2013).

• Part I: State Sovereignty, Water Systems, and the Development of International Water Law1.   Sovereignty, the Web of Water and the Myth of Westphalia Terje Tvedt, Owen McIntyre and Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik2.   The Evolution of Water Law Joseph W. Delapenna and Joyeeta Gupta 3.   The Siren Song of Sovereignty in International Water Relations Stephen McCaffrey 4.   The History of Water Law in the Common Law Tradition William Howarth 5.   The History of Water Law in Scandinavia Ernst Nordtveit6.   The Concept of Sovereignty in the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice Sergio Marchisio Part II: Contemporary Challenges to State Sovereignty7.   Determining Sovereign Rights and Duties over International Water Courses: The Contribution of the International law Commission and the UN General Assembly Alistair Rieu-Clarke 8.   Sovereignty and Equitable Utilization of International Waters: Central Asia, Africa and the Middle EastRemy L. de Jong9. Territory, Resource Rights, and Rivers: A Philosophical Case for Overlapping JurisdictionCara Nine10.   The History and Development of the ‘Community of Interests’ Doctrine Flavia Loures 11.   Reconciling Sovereignty with Supranationality: Lessons from the Nordic Countries Julie Gjørtz Howden 12.   Integration of the Right to Water in International Law: Circumventing andBypassing State Sovereignty Sylvie Paquerot13.   State Sovereignty and Transboundary Aquifers Raya Marina Stephan and Gabriel de los Cobos14.   Sovereignty and the Procedural Rules of International Water Law Owen McIntyre15.   Addressing Water Security Challenges: The International Law ‘Duty to Cooperate’as a Limit to Absolute State SovereigntyPatricia Wouters Part III: Regional Case Studies16.   Sovereignty and Equitable Utilization: A Regional Implementation Summary Lilian del Castillo Laborde17.   State Sovereignty and Shared Water Resources under the Islamic Legal TraditionYadgar Ahmad 18.   The Water History of Colorado and the Western United States Tom Cech19.   Sovereignty and the Joint Management of Shared Transboundary Water Resourcesin the West African Sub-Region Joe Goldface-Irokalibe 20.   The Principles of Transboundary Water Resources Management in the Frontier Watercourses Agreement Between Finland and Russia Mizanur Rahaman 21.   Reflections and Trends on Sovereignty over Natural Resources: The ASEAN Amado E.Tolentino 22.   Australian Water Law History: The Move from Introspective State Sovereignty to a National Interest Approach and the Influence of International LawJennifer McKay 23.   Transboundary Water Law: The Practice of the Peoples’ Republic of China Desheng Hu24.   The Concept of State Sovereignty and River/Lake Basin Law in South Eastern EuropeSlavko Bogdanovic 25.   The Development of European Water Law and State Sovereignty Christoph Vedder and Stefan Lorenzmeier26. Nationalism, State Sovereignty and International Water Management in the Zambezi River BasinDean Kampanje-PhiriPart IV: International River Basin Case Study - the River Nile27.   Water Systems, Water Agreements and State Sovereignty: The Nile WatersAgreement of 1929 Terje Tvedt28.   Constructing Dams: Between the Sovereignty of States and the Rules ofInternational Water Law Mohamed Sameh Amr 29.  Remodeling Sovereignty: Overtures of a New Water Security Paradigm in the Nile Basin Legal Discourse Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik30.   The Doctrines of Sovereignty and the Equitable Utilization of International Waters under the Agreement on the Nile Ri

Terje Tvedt is Professor of Geography, University of Bergen and Professor of Political Science and Global History, University of Oslo. He has published extensively on water related topics and presented two successful television documentaries, shown in 150 countries. His books include The River Nile in the Age of the British (2004) and A Journey in the Future of Water (2103). Owen McIntyre is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University College Cork, specialising in Environmental Law. He acts as a consultant to organisations such as the World Bank, UNDP, UNEP, EU, SIDA and GTZ on matters related to environmental law and international water law. He is a member of the Project Complaints Mechanism of the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and of the Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency as an expert on European and International Environmental Law. He is the author of Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law (2007). Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik is Dean and Assistant Professor of Law and Human Rights, College of Law and Governance Studies, Addis Ababa University. He holds a PhD from the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. His research interests include international watercourses law and Ethiopia's national human rights system. He is the author of International Watercourses Law in the Nile Basin: Three States at a Crossroads (2013).

• Part I: State Sovereignty, Water Systems, and the Development of International Water Law1.   Sovereignty, the Web of Water and the Myth of Westphalia Terje Tvedt, Owen McIntyre and Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik2.   The Evolution of Water Law Joseph W. Delapenna and Joyeeta Gupta 3.   The Siren Song of Sovereignty in International Water Relations Stephen McCaffrey 4.   The History of Water Law in the Common Law Tradition William Howarth 5.   The History of Water Law in Scandinavia Ernst Nordtveit6.   The Concept of Sovereignty in the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice Sergio Marchisio Part II: Contemporary Challenges to State Sovereignty7.   Determining Sovereign Rights and Duties over International Water Courses: The Contribution of the International law Commission and the UN General Assembly Alistair Rieu-Clarke 8.   Sovereignty and Equitable Utilization of International Waters: Central Asia, Africa and the Middle EastRemy L. de Jong9. Territory, Resource Rights, and Rivers: A Philosophical Case for Overlapping JurisdictionCara Nine10.   The History and Development of the ‘Community of Interests’ Doctrine Flavia Loures 11.   Reconciling Sovereignty with Supranationality: Lessons from the Nordic Countries Julie Gjørtz Howden 12.   Integration of the Right to Water in International Law: Circumventing andBypassing State Sovereignty Sylvie Paquerot13.   State Sovereignty and Transboundary Aquifers Raya Marina Stephan and Gabriel de los Cobos14.   Sovereignty and the Procedural Rules of International Water Law Owen McIntyre15.   Addressing Water Security Challenges: The International Law ‘Duty to Cooperate’as a Limit to Absolute State SovereigntyPatricia Wouters Part III: Regional Case Studies16.   Sovereignty and Equitable Utilization: A Regional Implementation Summary Lilian del Castillo Laborde17.   State Sovereignty and Shared Water Resources under the Islamic Legal TraditionYadgar Ahmad 18.   The Water History of Colorado and the Western United States Tom Cech19.   Sovereignty and the Joint Management of Shared Transboundary Water Resourcesin the West African Sub-Region Joe Goldface-Irokalibe 20.   The Principles of Transboundary Water Resources Management in the Frontier Watercourses Agreement Between Finland and Russia Mizanur Rahaman 21.   Reflections and Trends on Sovereignty over Natural Resources: The ASEAN Amado E.Tolentino 22.   Australian Water Law History: The Move from Introspective State Sovereignty to a National Interest Approach and the Influence of International LawJennifer McKay 23.   Transboundary Water Law: The Practice of the Peoples’ Republic of China Desheng Hu24.   The Concept of State Sovereignty and River/Lake Basin Law in South Eastern EuropeSlavko Bogdanovic 25.   The Development of European Water Law and State Sovereignty Christoph Vedder and Stefan Lorenzmeier26. Nationalism, State Sovereignty and International Water Management in the Zambezi River BasinDean Kampanje-PhiriPart IV: International River Basin Case Study - the River Nile27.   Water Systems, Water Agreements and State Sovereignty: The Nile WatersAgreement of 1929 Terje Tvedt28.   Constructing Dams: Between the Sovereignty of States and the Rules ofInternational Water Law Mohamed Sameh Amr 29.  Remodeling Sovereignty: Overtures of a New Water Security Paradigm in the Nile Basin Legal Discourse Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik30.   The Doctrines of Sovereignty and the Equitable Utilization of International Waters under the Agreement on the Nile Ri

Terje Tvedt is Professor of Geography, University of Bergen and Professor of Political Science and Global History, University of Oslo. He has published extensively on water related topics and presented two successful television documentaries, shown in 150 countries. His books include The River Nile in the Age of the British (2004) and A Journey in the Future of Water (2103). Owen McIntyre is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University College Cork, specialising in Environmental Law. He acts as a consultant to organisations such as the World Bank, UNDP, UNEP, EU, SIDA and GTZ on matters related to environmental law and international water law. He is a member of the Project Complaints Mechanism of the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and of the Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency as an expert on European and International Environmental Law. He is the author of Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law (2007). Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik is Dean and Assistant Professor of Law and Human Rights, College of Law and Governance Studies, Addis Ababa University. He holds a PhD from the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. His research interests include international watercourses law and Ethiopia's national human rights system. He is the author of International Watercourses Law in the Nile Basin: Three States at a Crossroads (2013).

• Part I: State Sovereignty, Water Systems, and the Development of International Water Law1.   Sovereignty, the Web of Water and the Myth of Westphalia Terje Tvedt, Owen McIntyre and Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik2.   The Evolution of Water Law Joseph W. Delapenna and Joyeeta Gupta 3.   The Siren Song of Sovereignty in International Water Relations Stephen McCaffrey 4.   The History of Water Law in the Common Law Tradition William Howarth 5.   The History of Water Law in Scandinavia Ernst Nordtveit6.   The Concept of Sovereignty in the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice Sergio Marchisio Part II: Contemporary Challenges to State Sovereignty7.   Determining Sovereign Rights and Duties over International Water Courses: The Contribution of the International law Commission and the UN General Assembly Alistair Rieu-Clarke 8.   Sovereignty and Equitable Utilization of International Waters: Central Asia, Africa and the Middle EastRemy L. de Jong9. Territory, Resource Rights, and Rivers: A Philosophical Case for Overlapping JurisdictionCara Nine10.   The History and Development of the ‘Community of Interests’ Doctrine Flavia Loures 11.   Reconciling Sovereignty with Supranationality: Lessons from the Nordic Countries Julie Gjørtz Howden 12.   Integration of the Right to Water in International Law: Circumventing andBypassing State Sovereignty Sylvie Paquerot13.   State Sovereignty and Transboundary Aquifers Raya Marina Stephan and Gabriel de los Cobos14.   Sovereignty and the Procedural Rules of International Water Law Owen McIntyre15.   Addressing Water Security Challenges: The International Law ‘Duty to Cooperate’as a Limit to Absolute State SovereigntyPatricia Wouters Part III: Regional Case Studies16.   Sovereignty and Equitable Utilization: A Regional Implementation Summary Lilian del Castillo Laborde17.   State Sovereignty and Shared Water Resources under the Islamic Legal TraditionYadgar Ahmad 18.   The Water History of Colorado and the Western United States Tom Cech19.   Sovereignty and the Joint Management of Shared Transboundary Water Resourcesin the West African Sub-Region Joe Goldface-Irokalibe 20.   The Principles of Transboundary Water Resources Management in the Frontier Watercourses Agreement Between Finland and Russia Mizanur Rahaman 21.   Reflections and Trends on Sovereignty over Natural Resources: The ASEAN Amado E.Tolentino 22.   Australian Water Law History: The Move from Introspective State Sovereignty to a National Interest Approach and the Influence of International LawJennifer McKay 23.   Transboundary Water Law: The Practice of the Peoples’ Republic of China Desheng Hu24.   The Concept of State Sovereignty and River/Lake Basin Law in South Eastern EuropeSlavko Bogdanovic 25.   The Development of European Water Law and State Sovereignty Christoph Vedder and Stefan Lorenzmeier26. Nationalism, State Sovereignty and International Water Management in the Zambezi River BasinDean Kampanje-PhiriPart IV: International River Basin Case Study - the River Nile27.   Water Systems, Water Agreements and State Sovereignty: The Nile WatersAgreement of 1929 Terje Tvedt28.   Constructing Dams: Between the Sovereignty of States and the Rules ofInternational Water Law Mohamed Sameh Amr 29.  Remodeling Sovereignty: Overtures of a New Water Security Paradigm in the Nile Basin Legal Discourse Tadesse Kassa Woldetsadik30.   The Doctrines of Sovereignty and the Equitable Utilization of International Waters under the Agreement on the Nile Ri