This book focuses on how water trading frameworks can be repurposed for environmental water recovery and aims to conceptualise the most appropriate role for law in supporting recovery through these frameworks.

1. Introduction Part 1: Regulatory Capitalism and the Emergence of Environmental Water Markets 1. Introduction 2. Regulatory Capitalism: A Contextual Account of the Role of Law 3. Forces Underpinning the Development of Environmental Water Markets: Convergence and Divergence between Jurisdictions 4. Legal Settings for Environmental Water Acquisition Part 2: The Steering Mechanisms 5. Steering via Water Planning Measures 6. Steering Strategies Based on the Purchase of Water Rights for the Environment 7. Transferring Water: Institutions, Mechanisms and Regulatory Enterprise Part 3: Codification 8. Formalising Relationships and Accountabilities under MEWA Frameworks Part 4: Conclusions 9. The Role of Law: Constructing Dynamic Regulation

Kate Owens is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Australia. She previously practised law for a number of years in State Government and leading commercial firms in Australia and New Zealand.