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The Human Right to Water and Common Ownership of the Earth

2013; Wiley; Volume: 22; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/jopp.12022

1467-9760

Mathias Risse,

Environmental law and policy

Journal of Political PhilosophyVolume 22, Issue 2 p. 178-203 Original Article The Human Right to Water and Common Ownership of the Earth† Mathias Risse, Mathias Risse Philosophy, Harvard UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Mathias Risse, Mathias Risse Philosophy, Harvard UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 11 September 2013 https://doi.org/10.1111/jopp.12022Citations: 5 † Many thanks to Robert Goodin, Mika LaVaque-Manty, Sharmila Murthy and Henry Shue for very helpful comments, as well as to the participants of a Radcliffe Exploratory Seminar on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation at Harvard University and a colloquium at the University of Graz for their insights. I am also grateful to Charles Beitz for helpful conversations. 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