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Rights of nature : a legal revolution that could save the world /
"Palila v Hawaii. New Zealand's Te Urewera Act. Sierra Club v Disney. These legal phrases hardly sound like the makings of a revolution, but beyond the headlines portending environmental catastrophes, a movement of immense import has been building--in courtrooms, legislatures, and communit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
ECW Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction Three Damaging Ideas and a Potential Solution
- Part I. THE RIGHTS OF ANIMALS. The Honorary Vertebrate
- 1. Breakthroughs in Understanding Animal Minds
- Lucy
- 2. The Evolution of Animal Welfare
- 3. Can a Chimpanzee Be a Legal Person?
- 4. The Expansion of Animal Rights.
- Part II. THE RIGHTS OF SPECIES. A Fish, a Dam, and a Lawsuit That Changed the World
- 5. Saving Endangered Species: "Whatever the Cost"
- A Dirty Cop and the Unicorn of the Sea
- 6. Endangered Species Laws Go Global.
- Part III. THE RIGHTS OF NATURE: From Trees to Rivers and Ecosystems. Walt Disney, the Sierra Club, and the Mineral King Valley
- 7. Watershed Moments: Asserting the Rights of American Ecosystems
- 8. A River Becomes a Legal Person
- The Land Was Here First
- 9. Te Urewera: the Ecosystem Formerly Known as a National Park.
- Part IV. THE RIGHTS OF NATURE: New Constitutional and Legal Foundations. A River Goes to Court
- 10. Pachamama and Ecuador's Pioneering Constitution
- An Unlikely President and Champion for Nature's Rights
- 11. Bolivia and the Rights of Mother Earth
- A Voice for the Great Barrier Reef
- 12. Global Game Changers
- Conclusion Right Planet, Rights Time.