Flooding the courtrooms : law and water in the Far West /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Miller, Mary Catherine
Imprint:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1993.
Description:	255 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Law in the American West v. 4
Subject:	Miller & Lux. Miller & Lux. Water rights -- California -- History. Water rights. California -- History -- 1850-1950 California. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1472189

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	0803231539 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-239) and index.

Table of Contents:

Law in the American West
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Defining the Value of Riparian Rights
Chapter 2. Private Rights and Public Needs: the San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Company, Miller & Lux, and the Regulation of Utilities
Chapter 3. The Power of Doctrine: Conflict Among Riparians and the Exploitation of Public Necessity
Chapter 4. The Political Battle Over Water Rights
Chapter 5. Retreat from the Courtrooms: the Formation of Water Storage Districts
Chapter 6. Money and the Return to Litigation
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliographical: Essay
Table of Cases
Index

Similar Items