Environment, political representation and the challenge of rights : speaking for nature / Mihnea Tanasescu.

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Environment, political representation and the challenge of rights : speaking for nature / Mihnea Tanasescu.

9781137538956 (electronic book)
1137538953 (electronic book)
9781349559770
1349559776
9781137538949
1137538945

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

English

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10.1057/9781137538956 doi
9781137538956

GE42 .T36 2015eb

179/.1

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-195) and index.

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