From rights to the environment to rights for the environment

Zusatztext

Mankind has an unhealthy relationship with the planet. This is reinforced by common conceptions and uses of the law. This book aims to explore how alternative conceptions of law through the concept of rights for nature can readdress this unhealthy relationship. This book explores how John Lockes conception of rights has led to an instrumental relationship with nature that has permeated through international environmental law and into human rights. Human rights continue the unhealthy relationship. Human Rights methods of redress and their systemic failings from a truly environmental Gaian perspective are examined This essay proposes a new system of rights which can enhance and improve the unhealthy relationship between mankind and nature. This book proposes a new locus for laws and an alternative conception of legality in light of this emergent post-anthropocentric perspective.

Autorenportrait

Jeremy completed this work in 2008 as a submission for a master of law program at the University of Sussex. He has since worked on grid-scale renewable energy projects and energy policy in the UK and Canada. He now follows the emergence of rights for nature in various global jurisdictions. Jeremy lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his wife.

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