1st Edition

Rights of Nature A Re-examination

Edited By Daniel P. Corrigan, Markku Oksanen Copyright 2021
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

Rights of nature is an idea that has come of age. In recent years, a diverse range of countries and jurisdictions have adopted these norms, which involve granting legal rights to nature or natural objects, such as rivers, forests, or ecosystems. This book critically examines the idea of natural objects as right-holders and analyzes legal cases, policies, and philosophical issues relating to this... Read more

1. Rights of Nature: Exploring the Territory
Daniel P. Corrigan and Markku Oksanen

2. Taking Stock of the Rights of Nature
J. Michael Angstadt and Marion Hourdequin

3. Pachamama as a Legal Person? Rights of Nature and Indigenous Thought in Ecuador
Andreas Gutmann

4. "Rights of Nature" in a Water Market
Francine Rochford

5. The Rights of Nature as Politics
Mihnea Tănăsescu

6. Environmentally Conditioned Human Rights: A Good Idea?
Giulia Sajeva

7. Human Rights and Rights of Nature: Prospects for a Linkage Argument
Daniel P. Corrigan

8. Rights-Based Restoration
Linnea Luuppala

9. Toward a New Framework for Rights of the Biotic Community
Alfonso Donoso

10. Fundamental Challenges for Rights of Nature
Patrik Baard

11. Close Reading Stone: Investigating the Seminal Article
Markku Oksanen and Anne Kumpula

Biography

Daniel P. Corrigan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Marymount University.

Markku Oksanen is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy in the Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland.