Representations and Rights of the Environment

Attending to the 'Cry of the Earth' requires a critical appraisal of how we conceive our relationship with the environment, and a clear vision of how to apprehend it in law and governance. Addressing questions of participation, responsibility and justice, this collective endeavour includes marginalised and critical voices, featuring contributions by leading practitioners and thinkers in Indigenous law, traditional knowledge, wild law, the rights of nature, theology, public policy and environmental humanities.Such voices play a decisive role in comprehending and responding to current global challenges. They invite us to broaden our horizon of meaning and action, modes of knowing and being in the world, and envision the path ahead with a new legal consciousness. A valuable reference for students, researchers and practitioners, this book is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.

Table of Contents:
1. An Introduction: Toward The Multifold Vision Sandy Lamalle and Peter Stoett; Part 1: Challenges; 2. Environmental Humanities: Politics, Dialogue and Ethics John Crowley; 3. Decolonising The Dialogue On Climate Change: Indigenous Knowledges, Legal Orders and Ethics Deborah Mcgregor, Mahisha Sritharan; 4. Our Relationship To The Land: An Ecology Of Perception Marten Berkman; 5. A Common Space Of Legal Communication Sandy Lamalle; Part 2: Re-Collection; 6. Traditional Indigenous Knowledge And The Relationship To Mother Earth Marie-Josée Tardif, T8aminik Rankin, Kevin Ka'nahsohon Deer; 7. The Encyclical Laudato Si Of The Pope Francis: Roots And Actuality Jean-Pierre Delville; 8. Persons, Things And Nature In Roman Law: Reflections On Legal History Arnaud Paturet; 9. Environmental Law: Lexical Semantics In The Quest For Conceptual Foundations And Legitimacy Caroline Laske; Part 3: Perspectives; 10. Rights Of Nature, A New Perspective In Law Valérie Cabanes; 11. Property For Nature Yaëll Emerich; 12. Re-Imagining The Common Law: Rights Of Nature Tribunals And The Wild Law Judgement Project Nicole Rogers, Greta Bird, Jo Bird, Michelle Maloney; 13. Democratic Representation, Environmental Justice, And Future People Matthias Fritsch; 14. The Normative And Social Dimensions Of The Transition Toward A Responsible Circular Biobased Economy Vincent Blok; 15. Guardianship Of Nature In Three Traditions Of The Global South Dorine Van Norren; Index.

About the Author :
Sandy Lamalle is an International Consultant and Associate Researcher at Loyola Sustainability Research Centre, Concordia University. She is a member of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and has worked as a legal adviser for international organisations. She co-founded the Innovation Research Network on environmental governance Notre Golfe. Peter Stoett is Dean and Professor at the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University. He is also Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment of Invasive Alien Species and Their Control; and was a coordinating lead author for the United Nations Sixth Global Environmental Outlook.