TY - BOOK AU - Tanasescu,Mihnea ED - Vrije Universiteit Brussel TI - Understanding the Rights of Nature: A Critical Introduction T2 - Neue Ökologie SN - 9783839454312 PY - 2022///] CY - Bielefeld : PB - transcript Verlag, KW - Law KW - Civil Society KW - Ecuador KW - Environmental Policy KW - Legal Personality KW - Nature KW - New Zealand KW - Political Science KW - Politics KW - Social Movements KW - Social Philosophy KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Chapter I: Introduction --; Chapter II: Rights Meet Nature --; Chapter III: From Theory to Practice --; Chapter IV: Diversity of Practice --; Chapter V: The Perils of Totality --; Chapter VI: From Practice to Theory --; Chapter VII: Conclusions --; Bibliography N2 - Rivers, landscapes, whole territories: these are the latest entities to be touched by the relentless expansion of rights in our world. But what does it mean for a landscape to have rights? Why would anyone want to recognize such rights, and to what end? Is it a good idea, and does it come with risks? This book presents the logic behind giving nature rights and discusses the most important cases in which this has happened. Mihnea Tanasescu offers clear answers to the thorny questions that the intrusion of nature into law is sure to raise UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839454312?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839454312 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783839454312/original ER -