Thought, Law, Rights and Action in the Age of Environmental Crisis

Edited by Anna Grear, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand and Evadne Grant, Associate Lecturer, University of the West of England, UK and Senior Editor, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment

‘. . . a magnificently rich, highly critical, at times deeply challenging and troubling, and perhaps even paradigm-shifting, collection of works that has been authored by some of the most progressive and interrogative scholars of our time. In their analysis, none of the contributors take anything for granted; they relentlessly push against parochial closures that obscure the possible contours of a re-imagined relationship between human rights and the environment. The book ultimately succeeds in offering a new juridical imaginary for those of us who are concerned with the deeply troubled and complex relationship between human rights and the environment.’

• Contents:Introduction: Thought, Law, Rights and Action in an Age of Environmental Crisis – In Search of Better Future HistoriesAnna Grear and Evadne GrantPART I PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS1. Doubt and Denial: Epistemic Responsibility Meets Climate Change ScepticismLorraine Code 2. Actors or Spectators? Vulnerability and Critical Environmental LawAndreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos 3. Reflections on the Relationship between Environmental Regulation, Human rights and Beyond – with HeideggerMargherita Pieraccini 4. Radicalism and Conservativism in Environmental LawSean Coyle PART II RECONFIGURING THE LEGAL5. Human Rights and Environmental Protection in India: The Judicial Journey from Public Interest Litigation to the National Green TribunalGitanjali N. Gill6. Reimagining Adjudication: Human Rights Courts and the Environment Evadne GrantPART III ACTIVISM AND PRAXIS7. Human Rights Practice: A Means to Environmental Ends? Kate Donald 8. Schopenhaur's Mitleid: Environmental Outrage and Human RightsTom Kerns PART IV MULTI-LEVEL REFORMULATIONS9. Reimagining Ecological Governance Through Human Rights and a Rediscovery of the CommonsDavid Bollier and Burns H. Weston10. Towards New Legal Futures? In Search of Renewing Foundations Anna GrearIndex