Best practices for the protection of water by law

Name: Best practices for the protection of water by law | Focus on participatory instruments in environmental law and politics
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Focus on participatory instruments in environmental law and politics

Eva Julia Lohse Margherita Paola Poto(Herausgeber*in)

Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag

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Erschienen am 24. August 2017

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Intro
List of Contents
Eva Julia Lohse - Foreword
Part One - Approaches from a Human Rights Perspective
Vasiliki Maria Tzatzaki - National Approaches for the Realization of the Human Rightto Water: A Comparative Study
Abstract
A. Introduction
B. National legal provisions for a human right to water
I. The right to water in national constitutions
II. The right to water in national legislation other than constitutions
Conclusion
C. National jurisprudence recognizing the right to water
I. Case law on the right to water by national courts
II. The case of India's courts and the right to water
III. Conclusions
D. Conclusion
Bibliography
Secondary sources
Case Law
Official Documents
Internet Sources
Alice Cauduro- People's Participation and the Fundamental Right to Water
Abstract
A. The fundamental right to water in Italian law
B. Disruption of water distribution and denial of access to the minimum daily water need per person
C) People's participation and the fundamental right to water
Bibliography
Part Two - Protection of Water by Participation of the People
Federica Cittadino - Public Participation in the Water Framework Directive (WFD): A Contribution to Deliberative Democracy?
Abstract
A. Use of terms
I. Deliberative democracy
II. Participatory democracy
III. Comparing deliberative democracy and participatory democracy
B. Proposed legal criteria
I. Inclusiveness
II. Influence on final decisions
III. Accountability of decision-makers
IV. Preliminary evaluation
C. The case of the WFD
I. Understanding 'active involvement'
II. Understanding 'all interested parties'
III. Evaluation based on proposed legal criteria
D. Conclusions
References
Lara Fornabaio - Modelling Water Future through Food Security and Environmental Sustainability
Abstract
Introduction
B. Brief description of water's legal status
C. Bottom-up participation mechanisms as possible answers to water management and food security issues
I. Water and food security
D. Good practices: case study on the Netherlands
E. Conclusions
References
Birgit PetersWhat Is Active Involvement in River Basin Management and How Do We Recognize It When We See It?
Abstract
A. Introduction
B. The EU framework of participation in river basin management
I. Participation in river basin management under the WFD
II. Participation provisions of the Aarhus Convention
III. Participation in river basin management according to the CIS guidance document
1. Objectives
2. De nition of participation, active involvement etc.
3. Active involvement: measures and methods
IV. Conclusions for the further understanding of participation andactive involvement under the WFD
C. Participation in practice: The second river basin managementplan for the Elbe River in Germany
I. Legal framework of participation in river basin managementplanning in Germany
II. Regulations and practices of selected German Länder during theplanning phase of the second river basin management plan of theElbe River
1. Non-involvement
2. Two or three-step models
3. Participatory models
4. Conclusions on the different practices regarding active involvementin water management
D. Final conclusions and outlook
Bibliography
Journal articles, monographies and book chapters
Internet Sources
Part Three - Economic Perspectives: Water as a Common Good?
Roberto Caranta - The Ghost of Cochabamba Comes to Brussels: Of Water, Concessions and Arbitration
Abstract
A. Introduction
B. The Tale of Cochabamba
I. The story
II. Litigation
III. The moral of the story
C. Directive 2014/23/EU and water concessions
I. The exception of service concession
II. The 2014 reform
III. The special place of water concessions
D. Investors protection and the TTIP negotiations
I. The (new) law of investor protection
II. Investor protection in the TTIP negotiations
E. Conclusions
Bibliography
Fernando Dias Simões - Consumers' Voice in Water Concession Contracts
Abstract
A. Water concession contracts
B. Regulatory framework
C. Lack of transparency and public participation
D. Enhancing the transparency and openness of water concessions
Bibliography
Diego Bonetto - Bottled Water: The Big Question from the Debate on Privatization
Abstract
A. Introduction
B. From abundance to scarcity
C. The exclusion of bottled water from the debate on water management
D. Reconceptualizing Bottled Water
E. Conclusion
References
Margherita Paola Poto - Concluding Remarks: Water - The Unifying Element
A. Introduction
B. Expanding water boundaries: from the codification of the human right to water to the formulation of water's fundamental rights
C. Stepping forward from the water privatization oxymoron and building up a civic society engagement around water
D. Participatory mechanisms in water-related decisions and virtuous example of civic engagement in water-related decisions
Bibliography
List of Authors

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