ABSTRACT
1. Setting the scene. — 1.1. Privatization and liberalization of water services in the wake of water commoditization. — 1.2. Emergence of a human rights-based approach to water. —1.3. Possible conflicting obligations arising from the human right to water and international economic law. — 2. Rationale for the book: a quest for balancing the human rights approach and the trade and investment law approach to water services liberalization. — 3. Area of research: fragmentation of international law. — 4. Research questions. — 5. Model of analysis. — 5.1. Harmonization by means of conflict prevention. — 5.2. Harmonization by means of interpretation. — 5.3. Establishing systemic relationships of priority. 6. Methodology. — 7. Scope and outline of the book.
