Annotated Bibliography of Western Canadian Water Law

 

This site aims to provide a comprehensive overview of legal literature pertaining to water law in Western Canada. Other jurisdictions, namely Eastern Canada, the Western United States, New Zealand and Australia are also considered to a lesser extent. Where possible hyperlinks provide access to the material. Researchers for this project include Nicholas Crosbie (NC), Breffney Mackay (BM), and Phong Phan (PP). This project is under the direction of Professor Nigel Bankes (NB), Faculty of Law, University of Calgary. Nigel can be reached via email at ndbankes@ucalgary.ca.

 

Table of Contents

• Aboriginal Water Rights
• Accretion and Accession
• Constitutional Law
• Dams and Hydro Power
• Ecosystem Approach
• Endangered Species
• Federal Government
• Flooding
• Groundwater
• Instream Flow
• Navigation
• Provincial Government (legislation, publications)
• Riparian Rights
• Watershed Management Approach
   

• United States: Eastern
• United States: Western

• Australia

• New Zealand

 

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Last modified July 7, 2004