The Earth on Trial: Environmental Law on the International Stage

The Earth on Trial examines the degree to which the law has accommodated an increased understanding of the natural environment. Paul Stanton Kibel provides a clear assessment of what conceptual and practical changes are needed to reconcile law to the limits of ecology. By moving the debate between law and the environment beyond specialists, and towards a public forum, The Earth onTrial acknowledges that a healthy environmental future depends not so much on our ability to alter nature to acc...