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When a river is a person: from Ecuador to New Zealand, nature gets its day in court

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: In the early 2000s, the idea of giving legal rights to nature was on the fringes of environmental legal theory and public consciousness. Today, New Zealand’s Whanganui River is a person under domestic law, and India’s Ganges River was recently granted human rights. In Ecuador, the Constitution enshrines nature’s “right to integral respect”.

Source: Open Rivers Rethinking Water Place & Community

DOI: 10.24926/2471190x.3300

Author: Mihnea Tanasescu

Institution: Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Language: English

Topic: Environmental law and policy

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3131421115

FWCI: 32.08

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Cited by: 24

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