The Colorado Doctrine
Water Rights, Corporations, and Distributive Justice on the American Frontier
Von:
Schorr DavidDescribes how Colorado miners, irrigators, lawmakers, and judges forged a system of private property in water based on a desire to spread property and its benefits as widely as possible among independent citizens. The author demonstrates that ownership was not dictated by concerns for economic efficiency, but by a regard for social justice.
November 2012, ca. 256 Seiten, Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference, Englisch
University Presses
978-0-300-13447-6
University Presses
978-0-300-13447-6

