The rights of nature : a legal revolution that could save the world / David R. Boyd.
2017
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The rights of nature : a legal revolution that could save the world / David R. Boyd.
Imprint
Toronto : ECW Press, [2017]
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xxxvi, 272 pages ; 21 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Breakthroughs in understanding animal minds
Lucy
The evolution of animal welfare
Can a chimpanzee be a legal person?
The expansion of animal rights
Saving endangered species: "whatever the cost"
A dirty cop and the unicorn of the sea
Endangered species laws go global
Watershed moments: asserting the rights of American ecosystems
A river becomes a legal person
The land was here first
Te Urewera: the ecosystem formerly known as a national park
A river goes to court
Pachamama and Ecuador's pioneering consitution
An unlikely president and champion for nature's rights
Bolivia and the rights of Mother Earth
A voice for the Great Barrier Reef
Global game changers
Conclusion. Right planet, rights time.
Lucy
The evolution of animal welfare
Can a chimpanzee be a legal person?
The expansion of animal rights
Saving endangered species: "whatever the cost"
A dirty cop and the unicorn of the sea
Endangered species laws go global
Watershed moments: asserting the rights of American ecosystems
A river becomes a legal person
The land was here first
Te Urewera: the ecosystem formerly known as a national park
A river goes to court
Pachamama and Ecuador's pioneering consitution
An unlikely president and champion for nature's rights
Bolivia and the rights of Mother Earth
A voice for the Great Barrier Reef
Global game changers
Conclusion. Right planet, rights time.
Summary
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
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Call Number
K3585 .B693 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781770412392 (softcover)
1770412395 (softcover)
9781770909656 (PDF)
9781770909663 (epub)
1770412395 (softcover)
9781770909656 (PDF)
9781770909663 (epub)
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