Rights of nature: a constructive analysis

Peter Burdon; Claire Williams

Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law

Research Handbooks in Environmental Law series

Edited by Douglas Fisher

The quality and the strength of an environmental legal system is a reflection of the conceptual foundations upon which it is constructed. The Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law illuminates key aspects of environmental governance through the lens of their underlying dimensions: for example, the form, structure and language of international, regional and national instruments; the function of norms, objectives and standards; and the relevance of economic analysis and of integrated policy formulation.

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Published in print:: 25 Nov 2016

ISBN:: 9781784714642

eISBN:: 9781784714659

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784714659

Pages:: c 560

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Chapter 8: Rights of nature: a constructive analysis

Peter Burdon and Claire Williams

Handbook Chapter

Published:: 25 November 2016

Category:: Handbook Chapter

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784714659.00014

Pages:: 196–218 (23 total)

Collection: Law 2016

Abstract

This chapter provides a critical analysis of recent developments granting nature legal rights. After surveying examples it engages with the philosophical and political objections to implementing rights of nature legislation. The critical question guiding this analysis is whether attempts to safeguard the environment through the existence of legal rights advance ecological goals in a sustained and transformative way.

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