#140 - The Limits of Rights of Nature Laws Think: Sustainability
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- Society & Culture
Legal personhood or ‘rights of nature’ laws have been around since as early as the 1970s and have attracted lawmakers in jurisdictions all over the world. But what do these legal concepts offer? How do they interact with current environmental laws? And what are their limits?
Producer: Marlene Even
Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel
Featured:
Michelle Maloney, co-founder and national convener, Australian Earth Laws Alliance
Dr Virginia Marshall, Wiradjuri Nyemba woman, lawyer and Indigenous postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University
Music: Epidemic Sound
Legal personhood or ‘rights of nature’ laws have been around since as early as the 1970s and have attracted lawmakers in jurisdictions all over the world. But what do these legal concepts offer? How do they interact with current environmental laws? And what are their limits?
Producer: Marlene Even
Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel
Featured:
Michelle Maloney, co-founder and national convener, Australian Earth Laws Alliance
Dr Virginia Marshall, Wiradjuri Nyemba woman, lawyer and Indigenous postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University
Music: Epidemic Sound
19 min