Water Law: Through the Lens of Conflict
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Water conflict is increasingly endemic around the world. In many jurisdictions the human dimensions of this conflict are submerged by the ‘macro’ debates about political relations between states, economic productivity or the needs of the environment. The involvement of lawyers (and the law) is normally triggered by the less abstract dynamics of inter-personal or inter-institutional conflict, channelled by history and institutional structures. Recent conflicts emerging in the Murray Darling Basin in Australia, for example, suggest that legal approaches used have not given sufficient priority to human conflict, with scientific and economic determinism over-elevated. We believe that the lens of legal conflict can provide new insights about water law and institutions.
The School of Law and The AgLaw Centre at UNE are pleased to extend an invitation to you to participate in a specialist colloquium on ‘Water Law: Through the Lens of Conflict’ at the University of New England in Australia from January 5-6, 2011.