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The Resource Rights of nature : a legal revolution that could save the world, David R. Boyd

Rights of nature : a legal revolution that could save the world, David R. Boyd

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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. Read this book and your world view will be altered forever."--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource
Contents
  • 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
Isbn
9781770909656
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Rights of nature : a legal revolution that could save the world
Title
Rights of nature
Title remainder
a legal revolution that could save the world
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David R. Boyd
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"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. Read this book and your world view will be altered forever."--
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1964-
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Boyd, David R.
Index
no index present
LC call number
K3585
LC item number
.B69 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Environmental law
  • Animal rights
  • Animal rights
  • Environmental law
  • NATURE / Animal Rights
  • LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
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Rights of nature : a legal revolution that could save the world, David R. Boyd
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Publication
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 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
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781770909656
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
79467629-2B08-4C79-ABD9-8A4D1A1D0A3C
System control number
  • (OCoLC)984839931
  • (OCoLC)ocn984839931
Label
Rights of nature : a legal revolution that could save the world, David R. Boyd
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 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
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781770909656
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
79467629-2B08-4C79-ABD9-8A4D1A1D0A3C
System control number
  • (OCoLC)984839931
  • (OCoLC)ocn984839931

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