About the BookAbout the Author

• 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

A writer, critic and social justice activist, Radha D’Souza is currently on the Faculty of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand. She was a practising lawyer in the Mumbai High Court before turning to social and academic work. The focus of her work spans critical issues in law, politics, development, labour, democratic rights, culture and social justice in India, Her published work has also engaged themes of social justice and parity in international organisations and relations. D’Souza’s papers on socio-legal studies and the Tungabhadra water disputes have recently appeared in Social & Legal Studies, Natural Resources Journal and a collection entitled Geopolitical Orientation, Regionalism and Security in the Indian Ocean. Her forthcoming work includes chapters in books on globalisation and resources management studies, both featuring a broad spectrum of international scholars and activist scholarship. She is participating currently on a research project on “The Experiences of Protection Orders for Women in Aoteasro / NZ” funded by the Ministry of Women’s Affiars, Government of New Zealand.