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PASTENA, Adele
Water policy in the United States from a comparative perspective / Adele Pastena
Annuario di Diritto Comparato e di Studi Legislativi, v.7 (2016), p.591-638


DIREITO COMPARADO, ÁGUAS, RECURSOS HÍDRICOS, DOMÍNIO PRIVADO, DOMÍNIO PÚBLICO

1- Introduction. 2- Water as a public asset: France. 3- Water as a public asset: Spain. 4- Patterns of ownership in common law: the UK and the US. 5- The exploitation of water by the private sector: possible convergence between civil law and common law. 6- Some interesting national peculiarities. 7- The role of the administration. 8- The public law regime of water and provision of the water supply: two “pilot” schemes in comparison. 8.1- The Spanish experience: the city of Córdoba. 8.2- The US: direct democracy and the CUB system. 9- The participation of citizens in water supply: convergence trend between civil law and common law. 10- Final remarks.