Water Law and Climate Change in the United States: a Review of the Scholarship

Water Law and Climate Change in the United States: a Review of the Scholarship

SJ Quinney College of Law, University of Utah Utah Law Digital Commons Utah Law Faculty Scholarship Utah Law Scholarship 2020 Water Law and Climate Change in the United States: A Review of the Scholarship Robin Kundis Craig Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.law.utah.edu/scholarship Part of the Environmental Law Commons, and the Natural Resources Law Commons ! "#$%&!'#(!#)*!+,-.#$%!+/#)0%!-)!$/%!1)-$%*!2$#$%34!5!6%7-%(!89!$/%! 2:/8,#&3/-;!!! ! 68<-)!=>)*-3!+&#-0! 5<3$&#:$! ! "#$%&'(!)*&+,(-.!(//()'.!0+!1&'(2!2(.032)(.!*&4(!5((+!.0%(!0/!'*(!/$2.'!2(&#$'$(.!0/! 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