The Colorado doctrine : water rights, corporations, and distributive justice on the American frontier / David Schorr.
2012
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Author
Schorr, David, 1971-
Title
The Colorado doctrine : water rights, corporations, and distributive justice on the American frontier / David Schorr.
Imprint
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2012.
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages) : illustrations.
Series
Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference.
University Press Scholarship Online.
University Press Scholarship Online.
Summary
Making extensive use of archival and other primary sources David Schorr demonstrates that the development of the appropriation doctrine, a system of private rights in water, was part of a radical attack on monopoly and corporate power in the arid West.
Note
Making extensive use of archival and other primary sources David Schorr demonstrates that the development of the appropriation doctrine, a system of private rights in water, was part of a radical attack on monopoly and corporate power in the arid West.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Language
English
ISBN
9780300189049 ebook
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