Environment, political representation and the challenge of rights : speaking for nature /
Tanasescu, Mihnea, 1984-
Environment, political representation and the challenge of rights : speaking for nature / [Book] Mihnea Tanasescu. - ix, 199 pages : 22 cm.
"The idea of giving rights to nature is gaining ground. Already, there are several jurisdictions where nature has a number of rights. There is even a proposal for a universal declaration granting the entire Earth at least the right to exist. Mihnea Tanasescu offers a much needed examination of the concept of giving rights to nature, as well as a first comprehensive analysis of all of the various cases to date, from municipal ordinances in the United States to the constitutional rights of nature in Ecuador. Avoiding partisanship or scorn, this book provides an honest and thorough engagement with both the theory and the practice of enlarging the concept of rights to previously unthinkable territory: nature itself"--
All All
9781137538949 (hardback)
Environmental ethics.--Environmental law--Environmental protection--Environmental policy
Philosophy of nature.--Philosophy of nature--Environmental responsibility
Representative government and representation--Philosophy.--Animal rights--Nature--Effect of human beings on--Moral and ethical aspects
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Moral and ethical aspects.--Animal rights
Animal rights.
Environmental policy.
Environmental law.
Environmental responsibility.
LAW / Environmental.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
Physics--
Physics--
Goos-Hanchen--Transverse electric.
Probe beams--Standard characteristic matric approach.
179.1
Environment, political representation and the challenge of rights : speaking for nature / [Book] Mihnea Tanasescu. - ix, 199 pages : 22 cm.
"The idea of giving rights to nature is gaining ground. Already, there are several jurisdictions where nature has a number of rights. There is even a proposal for a universal declaration granting the entire Earth at least the right to exist. Mihnea Tanasescu offers a much needed examination of the concept of giving rights to nature, as well as a first comprehensive analysis of all of the various cases to date, from municipal ordinances in the United States to the constitutional rights of nature in Ecuador. Avoiding partisanship or scorn, this book provides an honest and thorough engagement with both the theory and the practice of enlarging the concept of rights to previously unthinkable territory: nature itself"--
All All
9781137538949 (hardback)
Environmental ethics.--Environmental law--Environmental protection--Environmental policy
Philosophy of nature.--Philosophy of nature--Environmental responsibility
Representative government and representation--Philosophy.--Animal rights--Nature--Effect of human beings on--Moral and ethical aspects
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Moral and ethical aspects.--Animal rights
Animal rights.
Environmental policy.
Environmental law.
Environmental responsibility.
LAW / Environmental.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
Physics--
Physics--
Goos-Hanchen--Transverse electric.
Probe beams--Standard characteristic matric approach.
179.1