Full Description
This book presents a series of "ecological law" case studies, designed to illustrate in concrete, real-world ways how ecological law would transform law in a range of diverse contexts.
Ecological law is an emerging, and currently mostly theoretical, discipline grounded in the need to shift away from anthropocentric legal systems, which aim to promote economic growth using strong protections of private property regimes and state sovereignty, to ecological approaches, which emphasize ecocentrism, the primacy of ecological limits, and intragenerational, intergenerational, and interspecies fairness and justice. The ecological law case studies presented in this book apply the theoretical principles and concepts of ecological law to diverse real-world situations or activities in several countries and contexts. Taking up a range of examples from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Nigeria, the United States, and internationally, the book demonstrates the concrete relevance of ecological law to contemporary sustainability challenges, as it reveals pathways for overcoming real-world challenges in the implementation and public acceptance of ecological law.
This book will appeal to researchers, scholars, and policy makers working in the area of environmental law and governance, as well as others with relevant interests in sociolegal studies, human geography, political science, and environmental studies.
Contents
1. Introduction Geoffrey Garver 2. Overview of Ecological Law Case Studies Geoffrey Garver Nine Case Studies Part I Development projects 3. A proposed phosphate mine and fertilizer plant in Anitápolis, Brazil Cristiane Derani, Gabriela Pinheiro, Adrian Amaral, Ângela Maria Konrath and Taisi Copetti 4. Ecological law and Quartier Dix30, Canada's first "Lifestyle Centre" Geoffrey Garver Part II Wild plants and animals 5. Human impacts on Posidonia oceanica in the Mediterranean Sea: Bringing together ecological law and green criminology Esteban Morelle-Hungría and Pablo Serra-Palao 6. We are all in the same pod: How ecological law can revitalise the Southern Resident Orcas Rosalind Warner and Kriss Kevorkian Part III Restoration of damaged sites and ecosystems 7. Restoration, protection, and legal personhood of River Ethiope in Nigeria Irikefe Dafe, Geoffrey Garver, Ngozi Finette Unuigbe and Grant Wilson 8. Ecological restoration at three Australian regulatory sites: Opportunities for a law beyond the human? Emille Boulot and Joshua Sterlin Part IV International engagements 9. Ecological trade in North America: A radical transformation of CUSMA-USMCA Geoffrey Garver and Carla Sbert 10. Ecological law and marine biodiversity on the High Seas Sarah Reiter and Dillon Post Part V Community and civil society engagements 11. Intergenerational justice, right to healthy environment and rights of nature: The role of German civil society in the transition to ecological law Stefan Knauss Synthesis and Conclusion Geoffrey Garver
