Oberleitner / Berger, The classic commentary on water law

The Water Rights Act 1959 (WRG 1959) combines elements of public and private law, environmental and plant law, as well as resource management and planning law. This complexity calls for a specialized approach. This is precisely what the “Oberleitner / Berger” – THE classic commentary on water law – delivers in a proven clear and well-structured form with a solution-oriented presentation of new legal issues and a concise collection of court decisions. The 5th edition, published by the MANZ Verlag, contains up-to-date commentary and jurisprudence as of March 2025, and incorporates the following key updates:

Aarhus Participation Act with the rights of environmental organizations
National Water Management Plan 2021 (NGP 2021)
Latest rulings by Austria’s supreme courts and the ECJ

The editors of the publication are Dr. Franz Oberleitner, former Senior Official at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment, and Water Management, and Wolfgang Berger, Partner and Attorney-at-Law. In addition to the editors, significant contributions were made by Dr. Nikolaus Bachler, President of the Austrian Supreme Administrative Court, and Dr. Berthold Lindner, Attorney-at-Law in Vienna.

Key strengths of the commentary:

Practice-oriented analysis of current legal issues, with well-founded and practical solutions
Concise, clear presentation of jurisprudence with guiding principles and systematic references
Brief and precise content designed for practical casework
Sorted by section/subsection/item and by topic
The full text of all WRG amendments since 1997