Wild Law — In Practice

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Wild Law - In Practice aims to facilitate the transition of Earth Jurisprudence from theory into 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. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Notes on contributors Series editor’s preface Editors’ introduction Introduction 1 Wild Law embodies values for a sustainable future Part I Agency and implementation 2 Earth Jurisprudence and the project of Earth democracy 3 Wild Law from below: examining the anarchist challenge to Earth Jurisprudence 4 Peoples’ Sustainability Treaties at Rio+20: giving voice to the other 5 The challenges of putting Wild Law into practice: reflections on the Australian Environmental Defender’s Office movement Part II Jurisprudential challenges 6 Internalizing ecocentrism in environmental law 7 Jurisprudential challenges to the protection of the natural environment 8 Who’s afraid of the founding fathers? Retelling constitutional law wildly Part III The rights of nature 9 Decolonizing personhood 10 Building an international movement for Rights of Nature 11 ‘Water as the way’: achieving wellbeing through ‘right relationship’ with water 12 Earth laws, rights of nature and legal pluralism Part IV A Wild Law perspective on environmental stewardship 13 Ecological limits, planetary boundaries and Earth Jurisprudence 14 Biodiversity offsets: a dangerous trade in wildlife? 15 Emissions trading and Earth Jurisprudence: will liabilities protect the atmospheric commons? 16 Wild Law and animal law: some commonalities and differences Index