By: Peter D. Burdon,† Simon Molloy,‡ and P. T. Babie*
Published: November 26, 2023
Abstract
This article proposes a research methodology developed for use in studying the role that water users and the stakeholders must play in the reform of water law at three institutional levels: that governing the individual, the national, and the international. The centre-piece of the article presents a pilot study in which the proposed research methodology was used in the Murray-Darling Basin system of Australia, and reflects upon how it must be refined for further broad-scale use in integrated river systems wherever they are found.
† Associate Professor of Law and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law, and Economics, The University of Adelaide, Australia.
‡ Principal, SKC Consultants, Adelaide, Australia.
* Bonython Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Law (International), Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, Australia.
Suggested Citation: P. T. Babie et al., Perceptions of Water Rights and Reforming Water Law in Integrated River Systems: A User-Stakeholder Orientated Research Methodology, 128 Penn St. L. Rev. Penn Statim 152 (2023).