Are rivers really living entities?

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Rosencranz, Armin and Kaul, Dushyant Kishan (2017) Are rivers really living entities? Environmental Policy and Law, 47 (2). pp. 54-58. ISSN 0378-777X

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Abstract

The Uttarakhand High Court, India, in an order dated 20 March 2017, declared water bodies like the Ganges and Yamuna rivers and all their tributaries to be “living entities… having the status of a legal person with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person…to preserve and conserve [these rivers]”

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Rivers \| water resources \| natural resources
Subjects:	Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Law and Legal Studies Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Public Policy
JGU School/Centre:	Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User:	Arjun Dinesh
Date Deposited:	03 May 2022 11:56
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2022 21:07
Official URL:	http://doi.org/10.3233/EPL-170013
URI:	https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/2807

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