Colorado Doctrine: Water Rights, Corporations, and Distributive Justice on the American Frontier Contributor(s): Schorr, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300134479 ISBN-13: 9780300134476 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $83.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Legal History - Law | Natural Resources - Law | Property |
Dewey: 346.788 |
LCCN: 2012009929 |
Series: Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.14 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Colorado |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |