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Common Grounds, Common Waters: Towards a Water Ethic - Roundtable Discussion
Santa Clara Journal of International Law
  • Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University School of Law
  • Irene Klaver
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2008
Abstract

The purpose of this roundtable discussion is to continue the dialogue but in a more informal setting, and to allow people to develop some of the ideas and concepts that they started earlier but could not finish because of the time limits.

It is also to get the audience and the panelists to ask questions of each other and to participate in more of a dialogue. To start this discussion I want to raise, at least to the panelists, this issue of wants versus needs, and I am actually going to add one more-versus rights-because I thought that was very interesting and because the human rights concept, within needs, has an even more fundamental level that is not just needs. It is an absolute right. Beyond that you have a larger picture of needs and then beyond that you have wants.

Num Pages
31
Publisher
Santa Clara University School of Law
File Type
PDF
Citation Information
Gabriel Eckstein and Irene Klaver. "Common Grounds, Common Waters: Towards a Water Ethic - Roundtable Discussion" Santa Clara Journal of International Law Vol. 6 Iss. 1 (2008) p. 81 - 111
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gabriel_eckstein/22/