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Libertés coutumières et pouvoir central

L'enjeu du droit de l'eau dans les oasis du Maghreb
Customary freedoms and central power: Water rights in North African oases
Geneviève Bédoucha
p. 117-142

Abstracts

Customary freedoms and central power: Water rights in North African oases. -- Structured as they are around water management, oasis societies have several distinctive characteristics. The customary social order has maintained their cohesion and preserved their hydraulic systems. Water rights clearly emerge as an issue when analyzing legislative measures that, dating from colonial times, have been prolonged and reinforced following independence, especially in Tunisia. Plans have been announced for "domanializing" water. Along with this and the predicted extinction of artesian wells, water rights in oases will come to an end. However, freedoms claimed in the name of customary law are being used to force state authorities to make significant concessions.

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Bibliographical reference

Geneviève Bédoucha, “Libertés coutumières et pouvoir central”Études rurales, 155-156 | 2000, 117-142.

Electronic reference

Geneviève Bédoucha, “Libertés coutumières et pouvoir central”Études rurales [Online], 155-156 | 2000, Online since 16 June 2003, connection on 18 April 2024. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/etudesrurales/19; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/etudesrurales.19

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