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The right to use customary law systems for water governance: a case of the Marakwet of Kenya
In many common law jurisdictions, legal systems for water resource governance are conceived primarily in the context of statutory law. However, in many cases water resource development and management, particularly at the ...
The recognition of indigenous customary law in water resource management
The role and place of customary law in `modern' statutory legal systems has been the subject of academic discourse, particularly in nations which had traditional legal systems in existence before the subsequent super-imposition ...
Tapping fresh currents: fostering early-career researchers in transdisciplinary water governance research
Water governance is an important, yet complex and contested field. A central challenge for researchers is to engage with multiple understandings and perspectives that can shape water governance, and to move towards more ...
Gender dimensions of customary water resource governance : Marakwet case study
(Weaver Press, 2015)
This book approaches water and sanitation as an African gender and human rights issue. Empirical case studies from Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe show how coexisting international, national and local regulations ...
Governing the commons through customary law systems of water governance
(CEESP and IUCN, 2014)
The resilience of customary law systems of natural resource governance in many parts of the
world lends credence to Ostrom’s theory on the governance of commons. Ostrom argued that
resource users who enjoy relative ...
Customary law systems for water governance in Kenya
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015-07-31)
In many jurisdictions including Kenya, the term ‘law’ is generally assumed to refer to enacted rules emanating from the state. Consequently, legal systems for water resource governance are considered largely as consisting ...
Governance,institutions & the human condition
This is a series of papers at the Fifth Annual Strathmore Conference published by LawAfrica
Stein’s ethic of care: an alternative perspective to reflections on women lawyering
(Routledge publishing, 2011)
The book features significant and timely contributions which take contemporary and non-mainstream perspectives on the current and future shape of the legal profession. The essays not only describe the rapidly changing ...
Legal and policy frameworks for climate-friendly energy generation in Africa : energy security for future development
(Macmillan Education Namibia, 2015)
Energy security is one of the most important future challenges for the international
agenda of security, peace, and stability worldwide. Increasing energy supply needs
and the aim of achieving greater energy independence ...
Kenya's water act : opportunities for integration of customary institutions of water governance through water resources users associations and water service providers
(LawText, 2011)
The need to develop sustainable systems for water resource governance in an environment of increasing scarcity and climatic variability has led to the re-evaluation of institutional frameworks. There has been a growing ...