1st Edition

EcoLaw Legality, Life, and the Normativity of Nature

By Margaret Davies Copyright 2022
138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

This book re-imagines law as ecolaw. The key insight of ecological thinking, that everything is connected to everything else – at least on the earth, and possibly in the cosmos – has become a truism of contemporary theory. Taking this insight as a starting point for understanding law involves suspending theoretical certainties and boundaries. It involves suspending theory itself as a conceptual... Read more

Introduction, 1. A New Living Law, 2. Teleologies of the Nonhuman, 3. Biogenesis and Jurisgenesis, 4. Geolaw as Flow and Stasis, 5. Law, Nature, and Legal Theory Conclusion

Biography

Margaret Davies is Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor at the College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University, Adelaide.