Title

The codification of universal norms: A means to promote cooperation and equity?

Authors

Stephen C. McCaffrey, University of the PacificFollow

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Description

The codification of law is a practice of long standing. This chapter looks at its use and the functions it may serve in the field of international water law. After providing a brief background on codification in general, the chapter examines more specifically efforts to codify norms of customary international law relating to the utilization of international watercourses, focusing on work within the context of the United Nations. Finally, the chapter surveys evidence on the question posed in its title: whether the codification of international water law promotes cooperation and equity.

ISBN

978-1781005095,978-1781005088

DOI

10.4337/9781781005095.00017

Editor(s)

Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Christina Leb, Mara Tignino

First page

125

Last page

139

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

City

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Law

Recommended Citation

Stephen C. McCaffrey, The codification of universal norms: A means to promote cooperation and equity?, in International Law and Freshwater: The Multiple Challenges 125 (Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Christina Leb, Mara Tignino eds., 2013).
Available at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/facultybooks/57