LAW553
Water Law
(Percy)
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Instructor(s): Professor David Percy
Course credit: 3
Method of presentation: Seminar
METHOD OF EVALUATION
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This seminar is intended to provide a legal background in Water Law and to provide an opportunity for supervised research and writing. It deals with water law and management in Western Canada. In the first part of the course, students will learn the historical legal background to Water Law in the prairie provinces. We will then discuss the current legal and management framework for surface and ground water in Alberta, with comparisons to other jurisdictions in Canada and elsewhere. We will examine constitutional responsibility for water in Canada and arrangements to deal with shared water resources.
The second part of the course will consist of student-led seminars on approved water topics. Topics for discussion can cover a broad spectrum. They may include responses to water scarcity, industrial use and reuse of water, wetlands, the protection of aquatic resources, aboriginal water rights, water as a human right, problems of inter-jurisdictional waters and water in international law.
SPECIAL COMMENTS
Description updated 2017-18. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.
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