Time and Environmental Law - Telling Nature''s Time

Through the lens of time, the book critiques environmental law and recommends ways to enable it to respond to nature's time scales.

List of contents

1. It's time; 2. Temporalities of change; 3. The ever-present now; 4. Rear vision; 5. Rallentare; 6. Telling the time.

About the author

Benjamin J. Richardson is a Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Tasmania, and the 2017 Global Law Visiting Chair at Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands. Previously, he held the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Law and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His global recognition includes winning the Research Excellence Prize of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment Academic Network and the Senior Scholar Prize of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law. Professor Richardson is a member of the Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law and practises environmental stewardship on his Tasmanian eco-sanctuary, Blue Mountain View.

Summary

Using time as a lens to understand environmental behaviour and impacts, this book pioneers a new understanding of environmental law for all societies, and makes recommendations for its reform. Promoting environmental restoration (past time) and slow living (the pace of time) are among solutions advocated for environmental law.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin J Richardson, Benjamin J. Richardson, Benjamin J. (University of Tasmania) Richardson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781316641736
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64173-6
• No. of pages: 438
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Environmental, Environmental law, Environment law