%0 Book Section %9 OS CH : Chapitres d'ouvrages scientifiques %A David, Victor %T Water law and legal pluralism in New Caledonia %B Water policy in New Caledonia : participative co-building of water governance in a decolonization process %C Cham %D 2025 %E Lejars, C. %E Bouard, S. %L fdi:010096701 %G ENG %I Springer %@ 978-3-031-88196-1 %K NOUVELLE CALEDONIE %N 32 %P 79-90 %R 10.1007/978-3-031-88196-1_5 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010096701 %> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2026-03/010096701.pdf %W Horizon (IRD) %X The legal framework of New Caledonia on water management is still highly incomplete and reveals the imperfections of an unsatisfying conception of legal pluralism. After describing the current legal framework of New Caledonia, this chapter, through an historical analysis of the place of Kanak people regarding water law and the resurgence of endogenous law (or customary law) analyses the new legal water framework proposed by the government. %S Global Issues in Water Policy %$ 114DROIT1 ; 062EVAEAU