Nature's Trust: Environmental Law for a New Ecological Age
Autor Mary Christina Wooden Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 sep 2013
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780521144117
ISBN-10: 0521144116
Pagini: 457
Ilustrații: 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0521144116
Pagini: 457
Ilustrații: 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Part I. Environmental Law: Hospice for a Dying Planet?: 1. 'You are doing a great job'; 2. The great legal experiment; 3. The politics of discretion; 4. Behind the grand façade; 5. The administrative tyranny over nature; Part II. The People's Natural Trust: 6. The inalienable attribute of sovereignty; 7. The ecological res; 8. Fiduciary standards of protection and restoration; 9. From bureaucrats to trustees; 10. Beyond borders: shared ecology and the duties of sovereign co-tenant trustees; 11. Nature's justice: the role of the courts; Part III. The Public Trust and the Great Turning: 12. Nature's trust and the heart of humanity; 13. Using Earth's interest, not its principal; 14. The public trust and private property rights; 15. The new world: a planetary trust.
Recenzii
'What Silent Spring did for our perception of the environment, Nature's Trust should do for our perception of environmental protection. Thoroughly researched and beautifully written, this book calls for a revolution in environmental policy and law - now, before it is too late. It is simply brilliant.' James Gustave Speth, former Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy
'The gutting of our environmental laws now generates ominous and grotesque distortions in our natural world. This, as Mary Wood so vividly points out, reflects the deeper pollution of our regulatory agencies caused by the influence of big industries. Assembling an impressive range of legal precedents, Wood challenges our government to fulfil its age-old responsibility as 'trustee' of public property. Nature's Trust is an eloquent plea to revive a fundamental pillar of civilized law to ensure the survival of a coherent civilization.' Ross Gelbspan, author of The Heat is On and Boiling Point
'At pivotal points in western history, when the failures of government became unconscionable and unbearable, thinkers have come forward with new, catalyzing principles that changed the world. I believe that Nature's Trust is the book we have been waiting for, a new paradigm that can correct the course of history.' Kathleen Dean Moore, co-editor of Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril
'We face, in climate change, the worst crisis in human history. So it's a good thing we have such a powerful mind rethinking our understanding of legal obligation - and human responsibility.' Bill McKibben, author of Earth and The End of Nature
'Our children are trusting us to protect their Earth. Our governments are on trial for failing that trust. This is the trial that should rivet the public's attention, for all life depends on its outcome. This book puts the people - all of us - in the jury box.' James Hansen, former Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and author of Storms of My Grandchildren
'It is a rare opportunity to read a book that causes us to reimagine the landscape of law, democracy and the environment. Nature's Trust does that. Here, Professor Wood challenges us with a thorough investigation of what it will take to really protect the environment coupled with a profound assessment of the legitimate foundations of government. She demonstrates that the principles of trusteeship animate our relationship to nature as well as to the institutions of the state. These trust duties are the very slate upon which our constitution is written. This is a beautiful, profound, and important book and anyone who cares about our environmental and democratic future needs to read it.' Gerald Torres, Marc and Beth Goldberg Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, Cornell Law School; Bryant Smith Chair in Law, University of Texas, Austin School of Law, and co-author of The Miner's Canary
'Nonetheless, as jacket blurbs by Bill McKibben, James Hansen, and Ross Gelbspan express quite well, Nature's Trust is both ambitious and original. For anyone interested in using the legal system to prod action, Wood has made a major contribution.' Rena Steinzor, Science Magazine
'… Mary Christina Wood in Nature's Trust calls for a revolution in environmental law grounded in the public trust doctrine. … the largest value of Nature's Trust is likely its arguments in support of the need to establish expanded public trust responsibilities of government officials … the book should help civil society understand why the revolution is worth fighting for and what reforms in environmental law are necessary.' Donald A. Brown, Center for Environmental Philosophy
'The gutting of our environmental laws now generates ominous and grotesque distortions in our natural world. This, as Mary Wood so vividly points out, reflects the deeper pollution of our regulatory agencies caused by the influence of big industries. Assembling an impressive range of legal precedents, Wood challenges our government to fulfil its age-old responsibility as 'trustee' of public property. Nature's Trust is an eloquent plea to revive a fundamental pillar of civilized law to ensure the survival of a coherent civilization.' Ross Gelbspan, author of The Heat is On and Boiling Point
'At pivotal points in western history, when the failures of government became unconscionable and unbearable, thinkers have come forward with new, catalyzing principles that changed the world. I believe that Nature's Trust is the book we have been waiting for, a new paradigm that can correct the course of history.' Kathleen Dean Moore, co-editor of Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril
'We face, in climate change, the worst crisis in human history. So it's a good thing we have such a powerful mind rethinking our understanding of legal obligation - and human responsibility.' Bill McKibben, author of Earth and The End of Nature
'Our children are trusting us to protect their Earth. Our governments are on trial for failing that trust. This is the trial that should rivet the public's attention, for all life depends on its outcome. This book puts the people - all of us - in the jury box.' James Hansen, former Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and author of Storms of My Grandchildren
'It is a rare opportunity to read a book that causes us to reimagine the landscape of law, democracy and the environment. Nature's Trust does that. Here, Professor Wood challenges us with a thorough investigation of what it will take to really protect the environment coupled with a profound assessment of the legitimate foundations of government. She demonstrates that the principles of trusteeship animate our relationship to nature as well as to the institutions of the state. These trust duties are the very slate upon which our constitution is written. This is a beautiful, profound, and important book and anyone who cares about our environmental and democratic future needs to read it.' Gerald Torres, Marc and Beth Goldberg Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, Cornell Law School; Bryant Smith Chair in Law, University of Texas, Austin School of Law, and co-author of The Miner's Canary
'Nonetheless, as jacket blurbs by Bill McKibben, James Hansen, and Ross Gelbspan express quite well, Nature's Trust is both ambitious and original. For anyone interested in using the legal system to prod action, Wood has made a major contribution.' Rena Steinzor, Science Magazine
'… Mary Christina Wood in Nature's Trust calls for a revolution in environmental law grounded in the public trust doctrine. … the largest value of Nature's Trust is likely its arguments in support of the need to establish expanded public trust responsibilities of government officials … the book should help civil society understand why the revolution is worth fighting for and what reforms in environmental law are necessary.' Donald A. Brown, Center for Environmental Philosophy
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Descriere
This book exposes the dysfunction of environmental law and offers a transformative approach based on the public trust doctrine.