Interstate Disputes Over Krishna Waters: Law, Science And Imperialism

• Contextualises the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal allocating the waters of the river Krishna between the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh • Provides a new framework of analysis that may be extended to other developmental questions • Is the first critical analysis of interstate water conflicts within federal constitution in a developing country such as India • Integrates law and science into social theory and into development questions • Brings back the discourse of law and development with new theoretical insights that had receded after the late 1960s • Introduces the legal and institutional dimensions into the debate on large dams • Includes an insert map and foldout maps of the Krishna basin and sub-basins