Ecological Law and the Planetary Crisis

This book uses a transdisciplinary systems approach to examine how Earthâs human-caused ecological crisis arose and presents a new legal approach for overcoming it. Ecological Law and the Planetary Crisis first examines how the history of humanityâs social metabolism along with the history of human inventions and ideas led to the human-Earth dilemma we see today and explains why contemporary law is inadequate for confronting this dilemma. The book goes on to propose ecological lawâlaw that maintains human activity within ecological limits such as planetary boundaries while ensuring social justice and equityâas an essential element of an urgently needed radical pathway of change toward a perpetual mutually enhancing human-Earth relationship. Finally it offers a systems-based analytical tool for organizing actions to promote the transition from environmental to ecological law. Increasing the visibility clarity and development of ecological law this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of ecological and environmental law and governance. . Language: English