CALL FOR PAPERS
The Georgetown International Environmental Law Review announces a call for papers for the 2009 focus issue, International Water Law: Conflict, Management, and Policy.
As the most basic resource required to sustain a population, water has been a source of contention throughout history and remains so in modern times. As the effects of climate change begin to alter global weather patterns, and human populations expand, water scarcity will continue to drive conflict around the world. Important questions remain regarding how these conflicts should be resolved. Is there a strong enough international framework in place to deal with the issue of conflicted waterways? How have recent conflicts been successfully resolved? Where does conflict exist today and what should be done in these instances? Are there legal structures that would better address the unique qualities of shared waterways that are not yet being fully utilized? What problems lie ahead due to potentially shifting climate zones and the altered water distributions that will result? What preventative measures can be taken now to avoid conflict in the future? Where does groundwater fit into the overall scheme?
We invite contributions from scholars, practitioners, and students.
The focus issue will also feature the proceedings of a workshop and videoconference on this same topic to be held at the Georgetown University Law Center in February 2009. The workshop will offer focus issue authors an opportunity to present their work and engage in a constructive discussion of their article prior to publication.
The deadline for submissions is January 16, 2009. Please send submissions in both hard copy and a disk containing your article in Word or WordPerfect to:
GIELR
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001.
If you have questions or would like to discuss an article idea, please contact the focus issue editor, Adam Herron at awh25@law.georgetown.edu.
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