Creating legal rights for rivers: lessons from Australia, New Zealand, and India
Erin L. O'Donnell,Julia Talbot-Jones — Creating legal rights for rivers: lessons from Australia, New Zealand, and India (2018)Erin L. O'Donnell; Julia Talbot-Jones · 2018 · Article · Case studies 2–3; ConclusionTheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0284 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Whanganui River legal personhood (Te Awa Tupua) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Legal rights for rivers can arise by statute or court order; their effect depends on enforceability, funding and institutional independence, and India's court-created rights were appealed.”
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