Water in the Middle East : legal, political, and commercial implications / edited by J.A. Allan and Chibli Mallat, with Shai Wade and Jonathan Wild.

1. Preface / J.A. Allan and Chibli Mallat -- 2. The International Law Commission and Middle East waters / Awn Khassawneh -- 3. International watercourses, World Bank experience and policy / Raj Krishna -- 4. Building international water management institutions, the role of treaties and other legal arrangements / Joseph Dellapenna -- 5. International law of environmental rights, remedies for pollution injuries / Alan E. Boyle -- 6. Water law in the economy of nature / François du Bois -- 7. The quest for water usage principles, reflections on Shariʻa and custom in the Middle East / Chibli Mallat -- 8. The law of small- and large-scale hydraulics in Morocco / Michèle Zirari Devif -- 9. Water laws in Lebanon / Hyam Mallat -- 10. Constraints and opportunities for basin-wide cooperation in the Nile, a legal prespective / Imeru Tamrat -- 11. Turkey, the waters of the Euphrates and public international law / Hasan Chalabi and Tarek Majzoub -- 12. Sustainable development of water resources in Jordan / Manuel Schiffler -- 13. The potential role of privatization in the management of water resources in the Middle East / David Storer -- 14. Is water an exploitable commercial product? / David Kinnersley -- 15. Current water related technology and possible future developments / J. Wellbank and J. Keary -- 16. Water resources in the Middle East, some guiding principles /Awad El Morr -- 17. Policy options for downstream states in the MiddleEast / Greg Shapland -- 18. Striking the "right price" for water? / J.A. Allan

Includes bibliographical references and index.