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Solidarity and community interest may appear to be purely abstract notions. But in fact they may form the basis of a more flexible approach to international lawmaking than traditional formulas of legally binding commitments. Through an empirical analysis of existing and emerging public international law, this book traces these concepts in existing regimes and investigates the impact they have had and will continue to have on the progressive development of specific international regimes, particularly those serving the protection of the environment and of human rights. It discusses how through these two regimes these concepts have changed the international normative order and explores the challenges such changes have created for implementation and enforcement. One such challenge is the lack of an adequate dispute settlement regime, and the book closes with some practical suggestions for an appropriate mechanism

Preliminary Material -- 1. A Survey of Challenges and Trends in the Context of International Water Law /Rüdiger Wolfrum and Adele J. Kirschner -- 2. International Groundwater Law in the Euphrates and Tigris Region /Kerstin Mechlem -- 3. Governing International Watercourses: Implications of the Human Right to Water /Pierre Thielbörger -- 4. Transboundary Water Relations in the Euphrates and Tigris Region /Aysegül Kibaroglu -- 5. Sharing and Protecting the Euphrates and Tigris: Legal Status Quo /Adele J. Kirschner and Katrin Tiroch -- 6. Advantages of Marketable Water Rights in the Tigris and Euphrates Basin /Evin Wick -- 7. Dams on Euphrates and Tigris: Impact and Regulation Through International Law /Nicolas Bremer -- 8. Hydrology /Johannes Cullmann -- 9. Water Law in Iraq: The Present Model for Water Resources Protection /Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad -- 10. Water Management Laws in the Syrian Arab Republic /Rana Kharouf-Gaudig -- 11. Legal Context of Water Management Policy in Turkey: Evolution of a Complex Framework in Three Stages /Vakur Sümer -- 12. EU Water Law and Its Relevance for the Euphrates and Tigris Region /Ulrich Beyerlin -- 13. Procedural System of Transboundary Water Cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin /Dinara Ziganshina -- 14. The Jordan River: Legal and Institutional Aspects /Marwan Haddad -- 15. The Amazon River Basin: Features, History and Legal Framework /Lilian del Castillo-Laborde -- 16. International Cooperation to Protect the Rhine River: Lessons to be Learned for the Euphrates and Tigris Region? /Katrin Tiroch -- 17. Sovereignty Revisited—Examining the Rules of International Law that Govern Transboundary Water Resources with a Focus on Upstream/Downstream State Practice—Possible Lessons Learned for the Euphrates-Tigris /Patricia Wouters -- Index.