Chapter Five. The Informal Law of the Mining Camps

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Chapter One. Introduction 1
6. Chapter Two. Economic Theory and the Evolution of Water Law 21
7. Chapter Three. Water and the Technologies of Mining 45
8. Chapter Four. Watering the Diggings 89
9. Chapter Five. The Informal Law of the Mining Camps 118
10. Chapter Six. Origins of the Common Law of Mining and Water Rights 157
11. Chapter Seven. The Origins of Prior Appropriation 183
12. Chapter Eight. Water Quality and the Law of Nuisance 217
13. Appendix A 239
14. Chapter Nine. Bursting Dams and the Law of Torts 241
15. Appendix B. Bilateral Precaution in Dam Failures 261
16. Chapter Ten. Conclusions 265
17. Notes 279
18. References 319
19. Index 341