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The Rights of Nature

by David R. Boyd
Corey M. Snow
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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 communities across the globe. Cultures and laws are transforming to provide a powerful new approach to protecting the planet and the species with whom we share it. Lawyers from California to New York are fighting to gain legal rights for chimpanzees and killer whales, and lawmakers are ending the era of keeping these intelligent animals in captivity. In Hawaii and India, judges have recognized that endangered species-from birds to lions-have the legal right to exist. Around the world, more and more laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystems-rivers, forests, mountains, and more-have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities. In The Rights of Nature, noted environmental lawyer David Boyd tells this remarkable story, which is, at its heart, one of humans as a species finally growing up. Listen to this book and your world view will be altered forever.
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Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc. Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781541493179
  • File size: 213934 KB
  • Release date: September 5, 2017
  • Duration: 07:25:41

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  • ISBN: 9781541493179
  • File size: 213951 KB
  • Release date: September 5, 2017
  • Duration: 07:27:42
  • Number of parts: 7

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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 communities across the globe. Cultures and laws are transforming to provide a powerful new approach to protecting the planet and the species with whom we share it. Lawyers from California to New York are fighting to gain legal rights for chimpanzees and killer whales, and lawmakers are ending the era of keeping these intelligent animals in captivity. In Hawaii and India, judges have recognized that endangered species-from birds to lions-have the legal right to exist. Around the world, more and more laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystems-rivers, forests, mountains, and more-have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities. In The Rights of Nature, noted environmental lawyer David Boyd tells this remarkable story, which is, at its heart, one of humans as a species finally growing up. Listen to this book and your world view will be altered forever.
Expand title description text
Law Nature Politics Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Tantor Media, Inc.
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781541493179
    File size: 213934 KB
    Release date: September 5, 2017
    Duration: 07:25:41

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781541493179
    File size: 213951 KB
    Release date: September 5, 2017
    Duration: 07:27:42
    Number of parts: 7

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    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English