Indigenous Sacred Natural Sites and Spiritual Governance: The Legal Case for Juristic Personhood

ISBN-13: 9781138316232 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 120 str.

John Studley

Opis

This book examines the indigenous literature and recent legal cases as the basis for granting juristic personhood to enspirited sacred natural sites.

Spis treści

1. INDIGENOUS SACRED NATURAL SITES WITH REFERENCE TO TIBET  2. THEORETICAL BASIS FOR POST-ANTHROPOCENTRIC APPROACHES TO NATURE AND JURISPRUDENCE  3. INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY  4. LEGAL BACKGROUND TO JURISTIC PERSONHOOD  5. LEGISLATIVE CHRONOLOGY OF CASES  6. LITIGATION TO DATE  7. CASE STUDY: RITUAL PROTECTION OF SNS IN THE TIBETAN REGION OF KHAM (SOUTHWEST CHINA)  8. THE CHALLENGE OF PERPETUATING SNS  9. HOW CAN SACRED NATURAL SITES BEST BE PROSECUTED?

O autorze

John Studley is an Independent Ethno-forestry Researcher and consultant, with many years of experience in the UK, China and Nepal.