Rights of Pachamama: The emergence of an earth jurisprudence in the Americas
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DOI: 10.1057/s41268-016-0001-0
Abstract: Earth jurisprudence represents an alternative approach to the law based on the belief that nature has rights. In this view, a river has the right to flow, species have the right to continue to exist… read more here.
Keywords: jurisprudence; rights nature; earth jurisprudence; ecuador bolivia ... See more keywords
Blocking pipelines, unsettling environmental justice: from rights of nature to responsibility to territory
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DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2018.1536698
Abstract: ABSTRACT Indigenous peoples are among the most affected by environmental injustices globally, however environmental justice theory has not yet meaningfully addressed decolonisation and the resistance of Indigenous communities against extractivism in the settler-colonial context. This… read more here.
Keywords: justice; rights nature; environmental justice; blocking pipelines ... See more keywords
Science and the legal rights of nature
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DOI: 10.1126/science.adf4155
Abstract: We review the use of science by lawmakers and courts in implementing or rejecting legal rights for nature in Ecuador, India, the United States, and other jurisdictions where some type of rights of nature have… read more here.
Keywords: science; legal rights; nature; nature laws ... See more keywords