Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Notes on the Editors -- Notes on the Contributors -- Part I International Water Law: Overview -- Chapter One A Survey of Challenges and Trends in the Context of International Water Law -- Chapter Two International Groundwater Law in the Euphrates and Tigris Region -- Chapter Three Governing International Watercourses:Implications of the Human Right to Water -- Part II The Use of Waters of the Euphrates and Tigris -- Chapter Four Transboundary Water Relations in the Euphrates and Tigris Region -- Chapter Five Sharing and Protecting the Euphrates and Tigris: Legal Status Quo -- Chapter Six Advantages of Marketable Water Rights in the Tigris and Euphrates Basin -- Chapter Seven Dams on Euphrates and Tigris: Impact and Regulation Through International Law -- Chapter Eight Hydrology -- Part III Comparative Analysis of National Water Laws in the Euphrates and Tigris Region and European Union Water Law -- Chapter Nine Water Law in Iraq: The Present Model for Water Resources Protection -- Chapter Ten Water Management Laws in the Syrian Arab Republic -- Chapter Eleven Legal Context in Water Management Policy in Turkey: Evolution of a Complex Framework in Three Stages -- Chapter Twelve EU Water Law and Its Relevance for the Euphrates and Tigris Region -- Part IV International Experience from Other Regions of the World: Comparative Perspectives -- Chapter Thirteen Procedural System of Transboundary Water Cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin -- Chapter Fourteen The Jordan River: Legal and Institutional Aspects -- Chapter Fifteen The Amazon River Basin:Features, History and Legal Framework -- Chapter Sixteen International Cooperation to Protect the Rhine River: Lessons to be Learned for the Euphrates and Tigris Region?.

Chapter Seventeen Sovereignty Revisited-Examining the Rules of International Law that Govern Transboundary Water Resources with a Focus on Upstream/Downstream State Practice-Possible Lessons Learned for the Euphrates-Tigris -- Index.