The Colorado doctrine water rights, corporations, and distributive justice on the American frontier /

"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 Colora...

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Main Author: Schorr, David, 1971-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.
Physical Description: xiv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series: Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-219) and index. 
505 0 |a The sources of the Colorado appropriation doctrine -- Early Colorado water law and Coffin v. Left Hand Ditch Co -- The regulation of Colorado water corporations -- Beneficial use and limits on transfer. 
520 |a "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"--Provided by publisher. 
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