1st Edition
Legal Personhood and the Rights of Nature Beyond Anthropocentrism
By Eric Rubenstein
Copyright 2027
218 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
This book develops a novel theory of legal personhood, providing a theoretical grounding for the Rights of Nature movement.
Maintaining that natural entities such as glaciers and ecosystems are deserving of rights of their own, the Rights of Nature movement has been credited with the potential to bolster environmental protections and help halt the ongoing destruction of our planet. This book... Read more
Introduction 1. A Functional-Legalist Account of “Personhood” 2. Personhood Without Anthropomorphism 3. Persons, Rights, and Values 4. Legalism, Interests, and Nature’s Nature 4. *Appendix*: Legal Personhood and AI 5. Rights of Nature, Laponia, and New Zealand 6. The Rights and Personhood of Laponia 7. Concluding Strong and Weak Legalisms 8. Conclusion
Biography
Eric Rubenstein, University of Akureyri, Iceland.
