Role of legal rules in cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basin: interaction theory of law revisited
This article interrogates the misunderstanding about the inability of legal rules to influence relations between states in transboundary river basins. Building on the interactional theory of law, the author formulates three analytical frameworks for understanding the role of legal rules in the proce...
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| description | This article interrogates the misunderstanding about the inability of legal rules to influence relations between states in transboundary river basins. Building on the interactional theory of law, the author formulates three analytical frameworks for understanding the role of legal rules in the processes of cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basins. The article ultimately argues that law offers broader utility than previously envisaged to these processes. In conclusion, it teases out five such utilities of legal rules as demonstrated by four case studies in a broader study.
HIGHLIGHTS
The claim that law cannot affect relations between states, especially in the context of their transboundary rivers, is unfounded.;
Interactional theory of law provides a prism for better understanding the utility of legal rules in general.;
In this case, the theory tests and provides the broader utility of legal rules in the processes of cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basins.; |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90fb09d99eeb4d40964916a3ec074a832024-03-09T05:44:08ZengIWA PublishingWater Policy1366-70171996-97592024-02-0126220621710.2166/wp.2024.198198Role of legal rules in cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basin: interaction theory of law revisitedChukwuebuka Edum0 Department of Legal Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy This article interrogates the misunderstanding about the inability of legal rules to influence relations between states in transboundary river basins. Building on the interactional theory of law, the author formulates three analytical frameworks for understanding the role of legal rules in the processes of cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basins. The article ultimately argues that law offers broader utility than previously envisaged to these processes. In conclusion, it teases out five such utilities of legal rules as demonstrated by four case studies in a broader study. HIGHLIGHTS The claim that law cannot affect relations between states, especially in the context of their transboundary rivers, is unfounded.; Interactional theory of law provides a prism for better understanding the utility of legal rules in general.; In this case, the theory tests and provides the broader utility of legal rules in the processes of cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basins.;http://wpol.iwaponline.com/content/26/2/206constructivismdispute settlementinteractional theory of lawinterdisciplinaritytransboundary river basin |
| spellingShingle | Chukwuebuka Edum Role of legal rules in cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basin: interaction theory of law revisited Water Policy constructivism dispute settlement interactional theory of law interdisciplinarity transboundary river basin |
| title | Role of legal rules in cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basin: interaction theory of law revisited |
| title_full | Role of legal rules in cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basin: interaction theory of law revisited |
| title_fullStr | Role of legal rules in cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basin: interaction theory of law revisited |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role of legal rules in cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basin: interaction theory of law revisited |
| title_short | Role of legal rules in cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basin: interaction theory of law revisited |
| title_sort | role of legal rules in cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes in transboundary river basin interaction theory of law revisited |
| topic | constructivism dispute settlement interactional theory of law interdisciplinarity transboundary river basin |
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