Fresh water and international economic law / edited by Edith Brown Weiss, Laurence Boissonde Chazournes, and Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-467) and index.

Cooperation or confrontation : sustainable water use in an international context / Urs Luterbacher and Ellen Wiegandt -- Water transfers : a means to achieve sustainable water use / A. Dan Tarlock -- Water transfers and international trade law / Edith Brown Weiss -- The human right to water / Stephen C. McCaffrey -- Water services at the WTO / Mireille Cossy -- GATS and its impact on private sector participation in water services / Elisabeth Tuerk, Aaron Ostrovsky, and Robert Speed -- Economics of water services and the right to water / Henri Smets -- Ground water regulation and water crisis rhetoric : Syria as a case study / Ronald Jaubert and Mohamed Al-Dbiyat -- Water, agriculture, and subsidies in the international trading system / Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder -- Water-related investment : a European perspective / Andreas R. Ziegler -- International investment rules and water : learning from the NAFTA experience / Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder and Edith Brown Weiss -- Water concessions and protection of foreign investments under international law / Serge Pannatier and Olivier Ducrey -- Local communities and water investments / Philippe Cullet and Alix Gowlland-Gualtieri -- Water and economics : trends in dispute settlement procedures and practice / Laurence Boisson de Chazournes -- Transparency, public participation, and amicus curiae in water disputes / Makane Mo詳e Mbengue and Mara Tignino.