Christopher D. (J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law, J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law, University of Southern
Originally published in 1972, Should Trees Have Standing? was a rallying point for the then burgeoning environmental movement, launching a worldwide debate on the basic nature of legal rights that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, in the 35th anniversary edition of this remarkably influential book, Christopher D. Stone updates his original thesis and explores the impact his ideas have had on the courts, the academy, and society as a whole. At the heart of the book is an eminently sensible, legally sound, and compelling argument that the environment should be granted legal rights....
Originally published in 1972, Should Trees Have Standing? was a rallying point for the then burgeoning environmental movement, launching a wo...
