The Colorado Doctrine - Water Rights, Corporations, and Distributive Justice on the American Frontier (Hardcover)

Making extensive use of archival and other primary sources, David Schorr demonstrates that the development of the "appropriation doctrine," a system of private rights in water, was part of a radical attack on monopoly and corporate power in the arid West. Schorr describes how Colorado miners, irrigators, lawmakers, and judges forged a system of private property in water based on a desire to spread property and its benefits as widely as possible among independent citizens. He demonstrates that ownership was not dictated by concerns for economic efficiency, but by a regard for social justice.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	November 2012
Authors:	David Schorr
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-13447-6
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history
LSN:	0-300-13447-9
Barcode:	9780300134476

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