"A GlassHouse Book" "from papers initially presented at a multidisciplinary conference in Brisbane, Australia in September 2011" -- Editors' introduction. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Wild law embodies values for a sustainable future / Ian Lowe -- Wild law and the project of Earth democracy / Peter Burdon -- Wild law from below : examining the anarchists challenge to Earth jurisprudence / Samuel Alexander -- People's sustainability treaties at Rio+20 : giving voice to the other / Karen Morrow -- The challenges of putting wild law into practice : reflections on the Australian environmental defender's office movement / Brendan Sydes -- Internalising ecocentrism in environmental law / Brian J Preston -- Jurisprudential challenges to the protection of the natural environment / D E Fisher -- Who's afraid of the founding fathers? : retelling constitutional law wildly / Nicole Rogers -- Decolonising personhood / Erin Fitz-Henry -- Building an international movement for the rights of nature / Mari Margil -- "Water as the way" : achieving well being through "right relationship" with water / Linda Sheehan -- Earth laws, rights of nature and legal pluralism / Alessandro Pelizzon -- Ecological limits, planetary boundaries and earth jurisprudence / M. Maloney -- Biodiversity offsets : the dangerous trade in wildlife / Brendan Grigg -- Carbon pricing and earth jurisprudence : will liabilities protect the atmospheric commons / Felicity Deane -- Wild law and animal law : commonalities and differences / Steven White.
Summary:
"Wild Law - In Practice aims to facilitate the transition of Earth Jurisprudence from theory into to practice. Earth Jurisprudence is an emerging philosophy of law, coined by cultural historian and geologian, Thomas Berry. It seeks to analyse the contribution of law in constructing, maintaining and perpetuating anthropocentrism and addresses the ways in which this orientation can be undermined and ultimately eliminated. In place of anthropocentrism, Earth Jurisprudence advocates an interpretation of law based on the ecocentric concept of an Earth community that includes both human and nonhuman entities. Addressing topics that include a critique of the effectiveness of environmental law in protecting the environment, developments in domestic/constitutional law recognising the rights of nature, and the regulation of sustainability, Wild Law - In Practice is the first book to focus specifically on the practical legal implications of Earth Jurisprudence"-- Provided by publisher.
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