The international law commission's flawed draft articles on the law of transboundary aquifers: The way forward

Water International

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 566-572

  McCaffrey, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Draft articles; Guide to practice; International law commission; Transboundary aquifers; United nations watercourses convention

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052301124     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2011.597094     Document Type: Article

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