02412nam 22005175 450 99645664340331620221025234305.03-8394-5431-X10.1515/9783839454312(CKB)5670000000201178(DE-B1597)577305(DE-B1597)9783839454312(EXLCZ)99567000000020117820220131h20222022 fg engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUnderstanding the Rights of Nature A Critical Introduction /Mihnea TanasescuBielefeld :transcript Verlag,[2022]©20221 online resource (168 p.)Neue Ökologie ;6Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Chapter I: Introduction --Chapter II: Rights Meet Nature --Chapter III: From Theory to Practice --Chapter IV: Diversity of Practice --Chapter V: The Perils of Totality --Chapter VI: From Practice to Theory --Chapter VII: Conclusions --BibliographyRivers, landscapes, whole territories: these are the latest entities to be touched by the relentless expansion of rights in our world. But what does it mean for a landscape to have rights? Why would anyone want to recognize such rights, and to what end? Is it a good idea, and does it come with risks? This book presents the logic behind giving nature rights and discusses the most important cases in which this has happened. Mihnea Tanasescu offers clear answers to the thorny questions that the intrusion of nature into law is sure to raise.POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental PolicybisacshCivil Society.Ecuador.Environmental Policy.Law.Legal Personality.Nature.New Zealand.Political Science.Politics.Social Movements.Social Philosophy.POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.Tanasescu Mihnea1984-authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1260954DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996456643403316Understanding the Rights of Nature2922785UNISA