Understanding the Rights of Nature: A Critical Introduction

by Mihnea Tanasescu

Rivers, landscapes, whole territories: these are the latest entities environmental activists have fought hard to include in the relentless expansion of rights in our world. But what does it mean for a landscape to have rights? Why would anyone want to create such rights, and to what end? Is it a good idea, and does it come with risks? This book presents the logic behind giving nature rights and discusses the most important cases in which this has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3837654311
• ISBN13: 9783837654318
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Transcript Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"