Legal Control of Water Resources, Cases and Materials, 5th (American Casebook Series)

This casebook provides a strong doctrinal base that spans the issues of both East and West, as well as groundwater and surface water. This edition retains its in-depth consideration of water institutions and federal-state and interstate water relations; and it contains sharpened coverage of property rights claims. It includes major new Supreme Court decisions, along with new key cases from several jurisdictions. It reflects the emergence of water law as a leading edge of legal adaptation to changing climate, considering impacts on water availability and the demands for its use.