Comparative Study of Water Law Systems in Switzerland, Germany, and Singapore

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10.2991/978-2-38476-519-5_34How to use a DOI?

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Water resources; legal development; globalization

Abstract

Comparisons between various water resource ownership systems are inevitably influenced by the concept of “wealth” itself, and the management of water resources for the greatest prosperity of the people is a manifestation of the state’s right to control water resources as mandated by Article 33(3) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and constitutes the state’s obligation to fulfill the people’s right to water, following the Constitutional Court Decision No. 85/PUU-XI/2013, which invalidated the entire Water Resources Law (Water Resources) and declaring the revision of the Water Law and Law No. 17 of 2019 on Water Resources, considering that the practice of water resource control by private companies, even foreign ones, leads to liberalization. The development of water resources law in Indonesia from a sociological perspective of law between the approach of law as a controller or as a means or tool for development, however, there are still serious issues and challenges in the water law sector, especially when it conflicts with the massive globalization agenda to liberalize and privatize the water resources sector. Natural resources, especially in the field of water, often have conflicting agendas, so it is necessary to compare them with developed countries such as Switzerland, Germany, and Singapore.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ahmad Zia Khakim
AU  - I Gusti Ayu Ketut Rachmi Handayani
AU  - Rosita Candrakirana
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/29
TI  - Comparative Study of Water Law Systems in Switzerland, Germany, and Singapore
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Law, Economics & good Governance (ICLAW 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 433
EP  - 438
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-519-5_34
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-519-5_34
ID  - Khakim2025
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