A critical analysis of the development of the concept of giving rivers a personality: does it in fact help to protect the rivers?

TY - JOUR

T1 - A critical analysis of the development of the concept of giving rivers a personality

T2 - does it in fact help to protect the rivers?

AU - Agnew of Lochnaw, Crispin

AU - Jahan, Ishrat

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - There is a general worldwide move towards the protection and management of the environment and ecosystem of rivers and river basins. Different countries are adopting different regimes to provide that protection including by giving rivers legal personality which has been achieved in three ways: first, under statute, secondly by court decision, and thirdly under national Constitutions relied on by the court. However, there are still some problems as identified by O’Donnell and Macpherson and Magellanes, that are arising from protection through giving rivers a personality.

AB - There is a general worldwide move towards the protection and management of the environment and ecosystem of rivers and river basins. Different countries are adopting different regimes to provide that protection including by giving rivers legal personality which has been achieved in three ways: first, under statute, secondly by court decision, and thirdly under national Constitutions relied on by the court. However, there are still some problems as identified by O’Donnell and Macpherson and Magellanes, that are arising from protection through giving rivers a personality.

UR - https://www.lawtext.com/publication/the-journal-of-water-law/contents/volume-27/issue-3

M3 - Article

SN - 1478-5277

VL - 27

SP - 77

EP - 88

JO - Journal of Water Law

JF - Journal of Water Law

IS - 3

ER -