Earth System Law: Standing on the Precipice of the Anthropocene

ISBN-13: 9781032056241 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 300 str.

Timothy Cadman; Margot Hurlbert; Andrea C. Simonelli

Opis

This book systematically explores the emerging legal discipline of Earth System Law (ESL), challenging the closed system of law and marking a new era in law and society scholarship.

Spis treści

Foreword  Preface  1. Introduction: Origins and Evolution of Earth System Law  PART I: Mapping the Contours of Earth System Law  2. Dimensions and Definitions, Signposts and Silos in Earth System Law  PART II: The Analytical Dimensions of Earth System Law  3. Earth System Law in the Age of Humanity  4. International Relations and the Analytical Foundations of Earth System Law  5. An Earth System Science-based Perspective: A Foundational Feature of Earth System Law  6. The ESL Framework: Re-visioning in the Age of Transformation and the Anthropocene  PART III: The Normative Dimensions of Earth System  7. Rights of Nature as an Expression of Earth System Law  8. The Ethical Place of the Non-human World in Earth System Law: Pathways of Transformation  9. Legitimacy and the Role of Law for Social and Ecological Resilience  10. Climate (Im)mobilities in Migration Governance and Law: Integrating an Earth Systems Perspective  PART IV: The Transformative Dimensions of Earth System Law  11. The Earth System, the Orbit, and International Law: The Cosmolegal Proposal  12. Integrating the Mexican Water Law into the Earth System Law Perspective  13. A Framework of Earth System Justice in the Earth System’s Legal Context  14. Common Interest, Concern or Heritage? The Commons as a Structural Support for an Earth System Law  PART V: Plotting the Course of Earth System Law  15. Conclusion: Plotting the Course of Earth System Law on the Precipice of the Anthropocene