South Africa: The development of water law

The Evolution of the Law and Politics of Water

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 87-104

  Kidd, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Colonization; pollution; riparian rights; South Africa; water law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864391467     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9867-3_6     Document Type: Chapter

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