Should Trees Have Standing?

Law, Morality, and the Environment
3. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-973607-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

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. For the new edition, Stone explores a variety of recent cases and current events--and related topics such as climate change and protecting the oceans--providing a thoughtful survey of the past and an insightful glimpse at the future of the environmental movement. This enduring work continues to serve as the definitive statement as to why trees, oceans, animals, and the environment as a whole should be bestowed with legal rights, so that the voiceless elements in nature are protected for future generations.

Zielgruppe

General audiences interested in environmental issues; environmental/conservation lawyers, policymakers, professors, academics, and students; journalists; legislators; environmental and human rights activists; law professors and students; liberal arts professors and students (philosophy, ethics, etc.); political science academics/students; undergraduate liberal arts colleges; researchers at think tanks; public libraries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stone, Christopher D.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Umweltethik, Umweltphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Trees at Thirty-Five
Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects
Does the Climate Have Standing?
Agriculture and the Environment: Challenges for the New Millennium
Can the Oceans Be Harbored? A Four Step Plan for the 21st Century
Should We Establish a Guardian for Future Generations?
Reflections on "Sustainable Development"
How to Heal the Planet
Is Environmentalism Dead?
Epilogue: Trees Revisited

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher D. Stone is J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law at the University of Southern California School of Law. A leading advocate for the environment, he has written for Harper's, The New York Times, The Nation, Boston Globe, and Los Angeles Times.