{"id":20735,"date":"2025-07-30T08:47:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haslinger-nagele.com\/news\/oberleitner-berger-der-klassische-kommentar-zum-wasserrecht\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:04:03","slug":"oberleitner-berger-der-klassische-kommentar-zum-wasserrecht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haslinger-nagele.com\/en\/oberleitner-berger-der-klassische-kommentar-zum-wasserrecht\/","title":{"rendered":"Oberleitner \/ Berger, The classic commentary on water law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 <strong>&#8220;Oberleitner \/ Berger&#8221; \u2013 THE classic commentary on water law<\/strong> \u2013 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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aarhus Participation Act with the rights of environmental organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Water Management Plan 2021 (NGP 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Latest rulings by Austria\u2019s supreme courts and the ECJ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The editors of the publication are Dr. Franz Oberleitner, former Senior Official at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment, and Water Management, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haslinger-nagele.com\/en\/team\/wolfgang-berger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wolfgang Berger<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key strengths of the commentary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Practice-oriented analysis of current legal issues, with well-founded and practical solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concise, clear presentation of jurisprudence with guiding principles and systematic references<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brief and precise content designed for practical casework<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sorted by section\/subsection\/item and by topic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The full text of all WRG amendments since 1997<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards-thumbs-round align-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"intro\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      <h2 class=\"light\">Further information on this legal field can be found here<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item h-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  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class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item h-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haslinger-nagele.com\/team\/wolfgang-berger\/\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t          target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t          Wolfgang Berger \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    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