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Proposals to address water shortages are usually based on two key assumptions 1 water is a commodity that can be bought and sold and 2 states or other centralized entities should control access to water liquid relations criticizes these assumptions from a socio legal perspective eleven case studies examine laws distribution and . Liquid relations contested water rights and legal complexity dik roth rutgerd boelens margreet zwarteveen should control access to waterliquid relationscriticizes these assumptions from a socio legal perspective eleven case studies examine laws distribution and irrigation in regions around the world including the united states . Proposals to address water shortages are usually based on two key assumptions 1 water is a commodity that can be bought and sold and 2 states or other centralized entities should control access to water liquid relations criticizes these assumptions from a socio legal perspective eleven case studies examine laws distribution . Liquid relations contested water rights and legal complexity is an edited volume dedicated to addressing the often obscure sociopolitical and legal dimensions of wa ter due to the growing scarcity of water the past few decades have seen an increase in both theoretical and applied pursuits charged with finding a new path in water management