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Many of the recommendations that were submitted to the Zero Draft process are not really new. Many have been developing f...
Who's ERICWhat we doThe Environmental Regulation and Information Centre - ERIC - is a legal environmental consultancy. There are not many out there but we have been... |
Aarhus shows its teeth to BelgiumAirport versus AarhusBelgium and its airports seem to have been skirmishing with the European Union Courts for some time now. First, in 2008, the ECJ in Abraham ... |
Aviva sustainable accountingConvention on Corporate SustainabilityIn September Aviva announced the launch of the Coalition that is calling on UN member-states to adopt “a binding... |
Are you Nexussed? What would you do without water, food or energy?Posted by: Kirsty Schneeberger On 16th - 18th November this year, Bonn – the former... |
Crossing the lineThe Earth's boundariesThere are nine agreed planetary or biophysical boundaries that define the conditions that maintain the delicate balance for the earth’s... |
Bolivia to grant rights to naturePart III - Changes to comeThe Bolivian law will cause two fundamental changes to the legal status of the Earth. First of all it will grant the Earth legal... |
Bolivia to grant rights to natureBolivia to grant rights to nature - part IIThe Bolivian law granting rights to Mother Earth defines Mother Earth as: ... |
Bolivia to grant rights to natureBolivia to grant rights to natureYesterday we heard that Bolivia was set to pass the first ever law granting right to Nature, or as they put it to “Mother Earth... |
Earth rightsPart 1 from future Manchester 2010I was invited to speak at Future Manchester 2010’s meeting on Earth Rights organised by Merci and I thought it would be useful... |
Fishing for justiceThe Ãrainn Mhór Fisheries DeclarationA couple of months ago, courtesy of the Gaia Foundation, I had an opportunity to see something of Earth jurisprudence in practice... |
Art and the environmentEarth, art of a changing worldLast week I caught the EARTH, Art of a Changing World exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London just before it closed. I am... |
The personal and the politicalEarth jurisprudence: the intimacy of lawAll over the world, for countless centuries, people who we now call indigenous have lived in intimate communion with the world... |
London congestion charge reviewShould exemptions be limited to hybrids?The Mayor of London has agreed to review the workings of the congestion charge and the exemptions available for low emission... |
Companies and carbonIn April 2008, UBS appointed Professor Sir David King as senior scientific adviser. King was the UK Government's Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the Government...
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Earth jurisprudence? What's that?Hello. I’m Ian Mason and this is my blog. I am writing for Eric because a deep interest in Earth Jurisprudence and a long background in the law have led to my...
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The Great JurisprudenceThe language of rights as a code of respectUnder the new legal and social perspective called for by supporters of Earth Jurisprudence, the language of rights would... |
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As Cormac says, ""In order to reorient our governance systems to reflect this Earth jurisprudence we need to estab...
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International Environmental Law
Ulrich Beyerlin and Thilo Marauhn, £32.00
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Eradicating Ecocide
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