TY - BOOK
T1 - The Colorado doctrine
T2 - Water rights, corporations, and distributive justice on the American frontier
AU - Schorr, David
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - "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"--Provided by publisher.
AB - "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"--Provided by publisher.
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AN - SCOPUS:84902746916
SN - 0300134479
SN - 0300189044
SN - 9780300134476
SN - 9780300189049
T3 - Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference
BT - The Colorado doctrine
PB - Yale University Press
CY - New Haven
ER -