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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 development. Drawing on contributions from a range
of experts in the field, Rights of Nature: A Re-examination
investigates the potential for this innovative idea to
revolutionize the concepts of rights, standing, and recognition as
traditionally understood in many legal systems. Taking as its
starting point Stone's influential 1972 article "Should Trees Have
Standing?," the book examines the progress rights of nature have
made since that time, by identifying central themes, unifying
principles, and key distinctions in how rights of nature discourse
has been operationalized in the disciplines of law, philosophy, and
the social sciences. These themes and principles are illustrated
through a wide variety of examples, including ecosystem services,
indigenous thinking, and ecological restoration, demonstrating how
the relationship between humanity and the natural world may be
transforming. Taking a philosophical, political, and legal
perspective, this book will be of great interest to students and
scholars of environmental law and policy, environmental ethics, and
philosophy.
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 development. Drawing on contributions from a range
of experts in the field, Rights of Nature: A Re-examination
investigates the potential for this innovative idea to
revolutionize the concepts of rights, standing, and recognition as
traditionally understood in many legal systems. Taking as its
starting point Stone's influential 1972 article "Should Trees Have
Standing?," the book examines the progress rights of nature have
made since that time, by identifying central themes, unifying
principles, and key distinctions in how rights of nature discourse
has been operationalized in the disciplines of law, philosophy, and
the social sciences. These themes and principles are illustrated
through a wide variety of examples, including ecosystem services,
indigenous thinking, and ecological restoration, demonstrating how
the relationship between humanity and the natural world may be
transforming. Taking a philosophical, political, and legal
perspective, this book will be of great interest to students and
scholars of environmental law and policy, environmental ethics, and
philosophy.
The nature of environmental human rights and their relation to
larger rights theories has been a frequent topic of discussion in
law, environmental ethics and political theory. However, the
subject of environmental human rights has not been fully
established among other human rights concerns within political
philosophy and theory. In examining environmental rights from a
political theory perspective, this book explores an aspect of
environmental human rights that has received less attention within
the literature. In linking the constraints of political reality
with a focus on the theoretical underpinnings of how we think about
politics, this book explores how environmental human rights must
respond to the key questions of politics, such as the state and
sovereignty, equality, recognition and representation, and examines
how the competing understandings about these rights are also
related to political ideologies. Drawing together contributions
from a range of key thinkers in the field, this is a valuable
resource for students and scholars of human rights, environmental
ethics, and international environmental law and politics more
generally.
The nature of environmental human rights and their relation to
larger rights theories has been a frequent topic of discussion in
law, environmental ethics and political theory. However, the
subject of environmental human rights has not been fully
established among other human rights concerns within political
philosophy and theory. In examining environmental rights from a
political theory perspective, this book explores an aspect of
environmental human rights that has received less attention within
the literature. In linking the constraints of political reality
with a focus on the theoretical underpinnings of how we think about
politics, this book explores how environmental human rights must
respond to the key questions of politics, such as the state and
sovereignty, equality, recognition and representation, and examines
how the competing understandings about these rights are also
related to political ideologies. Drawing together contributions
from a range of key thinkers in the field, this is a valuable
resource for students and scholars of human rights, environmental
ethics, and international environmental law and politics more
generally.
It is generally believed that the structure of spacetime as a
classical manifold will cease to exist at distances of the order of
the Planck length. A theory of gravitation on a noncommutative
spacetime could be compatible with quantum mechanics and capture
the expected nonlocality of physics at very small distances, while
reproducing Einstein's general relativity at long distances. We
consider gravitation as a gauge theory of the Poincare symmetry and
aim at generalizing this point of view to noncommutative
spacetimes. The important role of the Poincare symmetry in
relativistic physics is reviewed. The formulation of quantum field
and gauge theories on noncommutative spacetime is presented,
emphasizing the recently discovered twisted Poincare symmetry of
these theories. Some formulations of gravitation on noncommutative
spacetimes proposed in the literature are also discussed. Finally,
we study the possibility to formulate the twisted Poincare symmetry
as a gauge symmetry of gravitational theory on a noncommutative
spacetime. This book is intended for researchers and students who
are interested in gravitation and elementary particle physics.
This important collection focuses on the nature and importance of
biodiversity. The concept is clarified and its intrinsic and
instrumental value are discussed. Even though the term biodiversity
was invented in the 1980s to promote the cause of species
conservation, discussions on biological diversity go back to Plato.
There are many controversies surrounding biodiversity and a few of
them are examined here: What is worthy of protection or restoration
and what is the acceptable level of costs? Is it permissible to
kill sentient animals to promote native populations? Can species be
reintroduced if they have disappeared a long time ago? How should
the responsibilities for biodiversity be shared? This book will be
of interest to philosophers of science and biologists, but also to
anyone interested in conservation and the environment.
This important collection focuses on the nature and importance of
biodiversity. The concept is clarified and its intrinsic and
instrumental value are discussed. Even though the term biodiversity
was invented in the 1980s to promote the cause of species
conservation, discussions on biological diversity go back to Plato.
There are many controversies surrounding biodiversity and a few of
them are examined here: What is worthy of protection or restoration
and what is the acceptable level of costs? Is it permissible to
kill sentient animals to promote native populations? Can species be
reintroduced if they have disappeared a long time ago? How should
the responsibilities for biodiversity be shared? This book will be
of interest to philosophers of science and biologists, but also to
anyone interested in conservation and the environment.
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