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Should trees have standing? : toward legal rights for natural objects / Christopher D. Stone ; foreword by Garrett Hardin.

Summary:

"In this book, Professor Stone traces the development of the idea of legal rights, reminding us that children, old people, women, aliens, and "minorities" have been treated as without rights in many societies throughout human history. Although each new movement to confer rights on some new "entity" may have seemed "odd or frightening or laughable" at the time, Stone points out that legal rights have been extended and previously rightless people (and things) have come to be recognized and valued for themselves. he then develops his thesis and proposal that we give legal rights to "natural objects" in the environment--and to the natural environment as a whole"--Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780913232095
  • ISBN: 0913232092
  • ISBN: 9780913232088
  • ISBN: 0913232084
  • Physical Description: xvii, 102 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Los Altos, Calif. : W. Kaufmann, 1974.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
The unthinkable -- Toward rights for the environment -- The legal-operational aspects -- The psychic and socio-psychic aspects -- Opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court : Sierra Club v. Morton.
Subject:
Earl H. Potter III Collection.
Nature conservation > Law and legislation > United States.
Environmental law > United States.
Nature conservation > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Natural resources > Law and legislation > United States.
Environmental protection > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Natural resources.
Environmental law.
Forestry law.
Trees.
Environmental law.
Environmental protection > Moral and ethical aspects.
Natural resources > Law and legislation.
Nature conservation > Law and legislation.
Nature conservation > Moral and ethical aspects.
United States.
Conservation of Natural Resources.
Environment.
Ecology.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library KF 5505 .S56 1974 285099 Stacks Available -