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Learn about the legal principles and issues governing water as a resource in the US, such as common law, riparian rights, public regulation, and treaty rights. Compare the differences between eastern and western states in water law and explore the sources and cases of water law.
The Constitution of the United States was ratified by nine of the thirteen states on June 21, 1788, after being drafted by the Constitutional Convention in 1787. It established a federal presidential republic with a bicameral legislature, a judiciary, and a system of federalism.
A proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that addresses the number of seats in the House of Representatives. It was never ratified by the states and is one of six unratified amendments. Learn about its text, background, and history.
Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was put into operation on March 4, 1789. Twenty-seven of those, having been ratified by the requisite number of states, are part of the Constitution.
Article Four outlines the relationship between states and the federal government, and grants Congress power over territories and extradition. Section 4 deals with the Guarantee Clause, which requires the United States to protect each state from invasion and domestic violence.
Learn about the system of allocating water among landowners along its path, based on common law. Compare the riparian rights and duties in England, Wales, and the United States, and the differences between navigable and non-navigable waters.
Water right is the right of a user to use water from a water source, such as a river, stream, pond or groundwater. Learn about the different types of water rights, their legal principles and doctrines, and their historical and current challenges in various jurisdictions.
Learn about the body of law governing the interpretation and implementation of the U.S. Constitution, and the role of the Supreme Court in judicial review. Explore the principles, doctrines, and theories of constitutional law, and the federalism system of dividing power between federal and state governments.