Mapping a new regulatory space – the case of managing water scarcity in the UK

Speakers: Associate Professor Bettina Lange (University of Oxford)
Chair: Professor Maria Lee (UCL Laws)
Admission: Free of charge
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Current Legal Problems 2014-15

This paper discusses key elements of an empirical socio-legal research project which analyses the legal regulation of water resources in the UK. The research project develops a critical analysis of legal regulatory strategies for preventing and managing water scarcity in the UK, and drought specifically. The key objective is to understand how specific economic and environmental science knowledge practices, such as cost-benefit analysis and strategic environmental assessment, inform the choice of particular drought management options, such as drought orders and temporary water use bans.

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The Current Legal Problems annual lecture series was established over sixty years ago. The lectures are public, delivered on a weekly basis and chaired by members of the judiciary.

The Current Legal Problems (CLP) annual volume is published on behalf of UCL Laws by Oxford University Press, and features scholarly articles that offer a critical analysis of important current legal issues. It covers all areas of legal scholarship and features a wide range of methodological approaches to law. With its emphasis on contemporary developments, CLP is a major point of reference for legal scholarship.

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