Earth Rights: The Theory

Burdon, Peter

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Earth Rights: The Theory

Peter D. Burdon

University of Adelaide - School of Law

February 21, 2011

IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal, No. 1, 2011
U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper No. 2011-011

Abstract:
This paper considers the concept of earth rights in terms of its historical and jurisprudential underpinnings in Western thought. In so doing, he provides a contextual treatment of, amongst other things, key provisions of the Draft Universal Declaration for the Rights of Nature. This paper also includes a critique of the concepts involved and the role of legislation and advocacy in progressing them. It however ranges beyond the purely legal and considers the wider societal influence associated with affording greater recognition to earth rights.

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Keywords: Rights of Nature, Earth Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Rights Theory

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Date posted: February 21, 2011 ; Last revised: August 31, 2012

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Burdon, Peter D., Earth Rights: The Theory (February 21, 2011). IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal, No. 1, 2011; U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper No. 2011-011. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1765386

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