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Winner of the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature

A growing body of law around the world supports the idea that humans are not the only species with rights; and if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities.

“Expertly written case studies in which legalese is accessibly distilled … empowering reminders that the seemingly inevitable slide toward planetary destruction can be halted.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

Palila v Hawaii. New Zealand’s Te Urewera Act. Sierra Club v Disney. These legal phrases hardly sound like the makings of a revolution, but beyond the headlines portending environmental catastrophes, a movement of immense import has been building — in courtrooms, legislatures, and communities across the globe. Cultures and laws are transforming to provide a powerful new approach to protecting the planet and the species with whom we share it.

Lawyers from California to New York are fighting to gain legal rights for chimpanzees and killer whales, and lawmakers are ending the era of keeping these intelligent animals in captivity. In Hawaii and India, judges have recognized that endangered species — from birds to lions — have the legal right to exist. Around the world, more and more laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystems — rivers, forests, mountains, and more — have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities.

In The Rights of Nature, noted environmental lawyer David Boyd tells this remarkable story, which is, at its heart, one of humans as a species finally growing up. Read this book and your world view will be altered forever.

Auteur

  • David R. Boyd (auteur)

    David R. Boyd est un avocat spécialiste de l'environnement, un professeur et un porte-parole pour la reconnaissance du droit de vivre dans un environnement sain. Il est l'auteur primé de sept livres et de plus de cent articles, et il occupe présentement la place de coprésident du Vancouver's Greenest City aux côtés du maire Gregor Robertson. Il vit aux îles Pender, en Colombie-Britannique. Pour de plus amples informations, visitez le site DavidRichardBoyd.com.

Auteur(s) : David R. Boyd

Caractéristiques

Editeur : ECW Press

Auteur(s) : David R. Boyd

Publication : 4 septembre 2017

Intérieur : Noir & blanc

Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]

Contenu(s) : ePub

Protection(s) : Marquage social (ePub)

Taille(s) : 2,68 Mo (ePub)

Langue(s) : Anglais

EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9781770909663

EAN13 (papier) : 9781770412392

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