The Anthropocene: New Trajectories in Law

by Peter D Burdon

This book introduces the concept of the Anthropocene and examines its importance for environmental legal thinking, research and practice.

Two main arguments are explored. The first is that much of the scholarship in environmental law that addresses the Anthropocene does not respond to Earth systems science or the difference in scale as we move from local to global systems. Key examples include a focus on anthropocentrism, attempts to constitutionalise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367486652
• ISBN13: 9780367486655
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"