Interstate Disputes

Interstate Disputes
Author: Joseph F. Zimmerman
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2012-02-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0791481417

With respect to "controversies between two or more states," the U.S. Constitution grants original jurisdiction to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in 1789 Congress made exclusive the Court's jurisdiction over interstate disputes. In this book, Joseph F. Zimmerman examines the role of the Supreme Court in settling disputes between states, the criteria developed by the Court to determine whether its original jurisdiction should be invoked, and the function of special masters, who, as adjuncts to the Court, facilitate negotiated settlements or provide the factual information needed by the Court to render sound decisions. Zimmerman analyzes a wide range of specific disputes, from boundary lines to financial matters to water allocation, diversion, and pollution. To alleviate the Court's exceptionally heavy and critically important appellate workload, the author proposes alternative mechanisms for resolving controversies between sister states, including interstate boundary compacts, interstate regulatory compacts, and several congressional initiatives.

Interstate Compact Law

Interstate Compact Law
Author: Jeffrey Litwak
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2020-07-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781943689118

The law governing formal agreements between U.S. states is unique. Litwak's Interstate Compact Law continues to throw bright light on all facets of compact law as it compares and contrasts compact law with other intergovernmental agreements. This new edition, the Fourth, includes a new chapter on compacts with international participation.Covering materials through Spring 2020, the book includes all the cases, both historical and recent, that are vital to understanding the ways that states cooperate through interstate compacts. The cases have been edited to focus on the compact at issue, in addition to core legal principles. Notes and questions present related materials, supporting and contrary examples, and inviting discussion points.Examining how and why States cooperate, Litwak takes students through the interwoven constitutional, contractual, and administrative law of compacts. Still the only comprehensive book about the law of such agreements, Interstate Compact Law prepares lawyers to apply compact law principles to any manner of intergovernmental cooperation, including states' agreements with foreign governments.

Sustainability of Engineered Rivers In Arid Lands

Sustainability of Engineered Rivers In Arid Lands
Author: Jurgen Schmandt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2021-09-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1108417035

Interdisciplinary volume considers how nine arid/semi-arid river basins with irrigated agriculture will survive future climate change, siltation, and decreased flow.

International Groundwater Law and the US-Mexico Border Region

International Groundwater Law and the US-Mexico Border Region
Author: Maria E. Milanes
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2020-07-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004385088

In International Groundwater Law and the US-Mexico Border Region, Maria E. Milanes provides a study and analysis of the international groundwater law. The regulation and groundwater management along the US-Mexico border reflect the current international trends for management of transboundary groundwater. International Groundwater Law and the US-Mexico Border Region offers a new international legal and institutional framework to manage fossil aquifers and groundwater in conjunctive use with surface water, where specific guidelines and recommendations for water banking can improve water allocation and protect the environment. This framework can be adapted to any region of around the world. The US-Mexico border is the case study selected to apply and demonstrate the efficacy of this legal and institutional framework.