Table of Contents
List of tables x
List of contributors xi
Foreword xiv
Introduction 1
Part 1 Overview: from environmental to ecological law 9
1 The transformation of environmental law into ecological Massimiliano Montini 11
Part 2 Problems with contemporary law: two illustrative exam 23
2 The targeting of environmentalists with state-corporate intelligence networks Peter D. Burdon 25
3 Ecological jurisprudence beyond Earth: toward an outer space ethic Reed Elizabeth Loder 40
Part 3 Solutions in ecological law 59
4 Ecological law in the Anthropocene Olivia Woolley 61
5 Restoring land, restoring law: theorizing ecological law with ecological restoration Emille Boulot 76
6 Are rights of nature radical enough for ecological law? Geoffrey Garver 90
7 Ecological jurisprudence and Indigenous relational ontologies: beyond the "ecological Indian"? Kirsten Anker 104
8 Conjuring sentient beings and relations in the law: rights of nature and a comparative praxis of legal cosmologies in Latin America Iván Darío Vargas Roncancio 119
9 Needs-based constraints in an ecological law transition Carla Sbert 135
10 The potential of the trusteeship theory for Canadian public law and environmental governance Stéphanie Roy 147
11 African eco-philosophy on forests: a path worth exploring for the implementation of Earth jurisprudence Ngozi Finette Unuigbe 164
Part 4 Challenges in the transition to ecological law 177
12 Green(ing) legal theory: social logics and their re-formation Michael M'Gonigle 179
13 Lawyers and ecological law L. Kinvin Wroth 193
14 Learning sacrifice: legal education in the Anthropocene Nicole Graham 209
15 Indigenous ecological knowledge and the transition to ecological law in the United States Hillary M. Hoffmann 223
16 Practical pathways to ecological law: Greenprints and a bioregional, regenerative governance approach for Australia Michelle Maloney 237
Index 252