Following on my thinking about the inconsistency between priorities
of claims to water under U.S. Western water law and the U.S. Constitution’s
notion of equality, and following my exploration of other U.S. and British water
law regime histories, I began to wonder which approach was the more typical and
which the anomaly. I thus began to
explore other times’, other cultures’ anthropologic and social histories, so as
to find the full panoply of approaches to water supply allocation. I note now that persons from nine nations, United
States, United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Russia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands,
Poland, and other “unknown regions” have viewed this site. I have to date explored the Sumerian, Hittite,
Hebrew, Egyptian, Arab, Mesopotamian, Ancient and Classical Greek, Roman, Islamic, Civilian (Medieval
and modern), and Hindu, Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, Andean, and Pre-Columbian North American approaches to this universal problem—how to protect, and
at the same time spread access to this essential resource--and am currently
working on pre-Roman Celtic cultures in Europe and England. I would greatly appreciate that any viewer
might suggest a water law custom or regime that I might further investigate (references to particular sources would also be appreciated). I am particularly interested now in exploring Persian and Asian cases. Thanks.
J. Davenport
