“The Rights of Nature are a Global Issue”, 28 April 2019
Scope and Contents
The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.
Dates
- Publication: 28 April 2019
Creator
- Upendra Baxi (Author, Person)
- Sharunya (Archives Intern, Person)
- Meghashree Dev (Processing Archivist, Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 250 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This article discusses the burgeoning legal movement to grant "personhood" to rivers, forests, and ecosystems. Baxi explores the "Earth Jurisprudence" framework, arguing that the climate crisis demands a shift from "anthropocentric" (human-centered) law to "ecocentric" law. He analyzes judgments from India and abroad (like New Zealand’s Whanganui River) that recognize nature as a legal entity with rights. The synopsis highlights Baxi’s view that "environmental justice" is incomplete without recognizing that nature has an "intrinsic right to exist" and flourish, independent of its utility to human beings. In India Legal.
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository