The Colorado Doctrine

Water Rights, Corporations, and Distributive Justice on the American Frontier

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Property
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Author: Prof. David Schorr ISBN: 9780300189049
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: November 27, 2012
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Prof. David Schorr
ISBN: 9780300189049
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: November 27, 2012
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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