Understanding the Rights of Nature: A Critical Introduction

Rivers, landscapes, whole territories: these are the latest entities environmental activists have fought hard to include in the relentless expansion of rights in our world. But what does it mean for a landscape to have rights? Why would anyone want to create such rights, and to what end? Is it a good idea, and does it come with risks? This book presents the logic behind giving nature rights and discusses the most important cases in which this has happened, ranging from constitutional rights of nature in Ecuador to rights for rivers in New Zealand, Colombia, and India. Mihnea Tanasescu offers clear answers to the thorny questions that the intrusion of nature into law is sure to raise.

Author: Mihnea Tanasescu
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Published: 02/27/2022
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d
ISBN13: 9783837654318
ISBN10: 3837654311
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Social
- Law | General
- Political Science | Public Policy | Environmental Policy