Presents a beautiful vision of how we could change our structures and order to give us a new role on Earth - one that will protect the natural world, rather than destroy it.
We are rapidly destroying our only habitat, Earth. It is becoming clear that many of the treaties, laws and policies concluded in recent years have failed to slow down, let alone halt or reverse, this process. The concept of introducing a wild law has been seminal in informing and inspiring the global movement to recognise rights for Nature - a movement destined to shape the twenty-first century as significantly as the human rights movements shaped the twentieth century.
Written by environmental attorney, Cormac Cullinan, Wild Law outlines an Earth-centred approach to re-ordering human societies (Earth jurisprudence). It is a manifest on how we can conserve biological and cultural diversity, animal rights and welfare, and green spirituality by rediscovering a role for our species within the Earth community. After all, we have no future without our wonderful planet.
Fusing together politics, legal theory, quantum physics and ancient wisdom into a fascinating and hopeful story, Wild Law reveals how the governance systems of today legitimise and promote the disastrous exploitation and destruction of Earth. Cormac explains how to begin transforming our systems to ensure that the pursuit of human well-being enhances the beauty, health and diversity of Earth instead of diminishing it.
Wild Law is an inspiring and stimulating book for anyone who cares about Earth and is concerned about the direction in which the human species is moving.
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Every now and then, an idea emerges that helps the human species to evolve. Wild Law is one such idea and is brilliantly explained in this book. Cormac Cullinan leads us toward a new relationship with Mother Earth - just in time. * Maude Barlow, activist and co-founder of the Blue Planet Project * As Cormac Cullinan argues so powerfully, the morality of [wild law] is clear, and the logic of the case seems impeccable. Indeed we should be asking, can we claim to be fully civilized in the absence of such laws? * Colin Tudge, author of The Secret Life of Trees * This book of Cormac Cullinan explains with great clarity how we can change our entire approach to governance so that we can continue life on a liveable planet. In its basic outlines this book is one of the finest contributions to the entire field of jurisprudence in recent times. * Thomas Berry, author of The Dream of the Earth * Wild Law is a stimulating, eminently readable response to our governance crisis. The survival of our species and health of the Earth family depends on our ability to transform governance systems so that humans become part of the ecological matrix of biological and cultural diversity. This book is a milestone on that path. * Dr Vandana Shiva, President of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology * This provocative and groundbreaking book is an important milestone in the process of finding a viable ecological role for contemporary human societies... Cormac Cullinan's call for the indigenous voices and the wisdom of thousands of years of human experience to be heard in the heart of our governance systems is both timely and powerful. * Marin von Hildebrand, co-ordinator of COAMA * Wild Law shows just how radical we now need to be in creating new institutions that are genuinely 'fit for purpose' in the 21st Century. * Jonathon Porritt, Director of Forum for the Future * We urgently need to rethink our legal and political systems if we are to stop environemntal destruction. The radical ideas in Wild Law will give both lawyers and grass-root activists the tools they need to start the process. * Michael Meacher, former UK Minister for the Environment * Wild Law is to law what quantum physics is to physics. * Alessandro Pelizzion, co-founder of Earth Laws *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Höhe: 156 mm
Breite: 232 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
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978-1-900322-90-4 (9781900322904)
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Cormac Cullinan is a practising environmental attorney, governance expert and author based in Cape Town who has worked in many countries in Africa, Europe, North and South America, and Asia. In 2008 he was included in Planet Savers: 301 Extraordinary Environmentalists, a book that profiles leading environmentalists throughout history. He led the drafting of the 2010 Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth and played a leading role in establishing a Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature.
Foreword by Thomas Berry
Part 1: Rethinking governance
Anthills and aardvarks
Part 2: The world as we know it
The illusion of independence
The myth of the master species
Why law and jurisprudence matter
The conceit of law
Part 3: Earth governance
Respecting the Great Law
Remembering who we are
The question of rights
Elements of Earth governance
Part 4: The journey into wildness
Seeking Earth jurisprudence
The rhythms of life
The law of the land
A communion of communities
Transforming law and governance
Part 5: The terrain ahead
The mountain path
Postscript - The emergence of Wild Law
Appendix - Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth
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