A history of water rights at common law / Joshua Getzler.

Oxford, England : Oxford University Pess, 2004.

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Water rights -- England -- History.

Common law -- England -- History.

Industrial revolution -- England.

Riparian rights.

Common law -- History.

Real property -- History.

1. The exploitation of water in historical perspective

2. Servitude doctrine in early law

3. The common law of riparian rights

4. Blackstone's and Hale's doctrines of land and water use

5. Appropriation theory in the courts

6. The establishment of the modern riparian doctrine

Conclusion.

Includes bibliography and index.

0198265816

xl, 396 p.