Environmental Personhood - New Trajectories in Law

This book examines the increasingly widespread movement to recognise the environment as a legal person.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The idea of the legal person 3. Case studies: Modern incidents of environmental personhood 4. Themes and contradictions 4. Conclusions

About the author

Francine Rochford is Associate Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Francine Rochford
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032482828
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3248282-8
• No. of pages: 100
• Series: New Trajectories in Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Human Rights, LAW / General, LAW / Environmental, Applied ecology, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Environmental law, Social impact of environmental issues, Jurisprudence & general issues, Social Law, Botany & plant sciences, Human rights, civil rights, Environment law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Botany and plant sciences, Jurisprudence and general issues, Social law and Medical law