ABSTRACT
The Rights of Nature concept not only breaks with the anthropocentrism of existing (environmental) law; it also recognizes that nature has private interests, in addition to being of public interest. That is, whereas in classic sustainability thinking, the use of certain resources is allowed as long as public interests are not systematically/systemically harmed, rights of nature facilitate the protection of nature before planetary boundaries are transgressed. This recognition of nature as having private interests enables the framing of disagreements around ‘nature’ as matters of corrective justice, which renders the application of private legal doctrines more easily conceivable and arguably even necessary. The contributions to this Symposium Collection showcase the viability of the intersection of private law and rights of nature ….
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Laura Burgers, Private Rights of Nature, Transnational Environmental Law, Volume 11, Issue 3, November 2022, pp 463-474. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 November 2022.
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