Schorr, David, 1971-

The Colorado doctrine water rights, corporations, and distributive justice on the American frontier / [electronic resource] : David Schorr. - New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xiv, 235 p.) : ill. - Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference . - Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Specialized.

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Water rights--History.--West (U.S.)
Water rights--History.--Colorado
Law.
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
Property law: general.

KF646 / .S36 2012

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