عنوان

The Jurisprudence of Thomas Berry

شماره

LA129554

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Jurisprudence of Thomas Berry

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Peter Burdon

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

On June 1 2009 Fr Thomas Berry passed away at his home in Greensboro N.C. In his final book before passing, Berry challenged human society to a carry out a transition from a period of human devastation of the Earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner. This 'Great Work' encompassed religion, education, science and law. In this paper I will address Berry's argument that our current legal system supports the destruction of the environment and outline two ideas he put forward for evolving law. The first idea recognises that human law operates within and should be bound by the overarching laws of the natural world. From this perspective, the laws of nature are primary and human law would receive its legal quality and authority from its conformity with this law. The second proposal was to recognise that the earth consists of subjects, not objects and that all subjects are capable of holding rights. I will consider this argument in the context of two recent enactments of 'rights for nature' legislation in municipalities in the United States and in the constitution of Ecuador. On June 1 2009 Fr Thomas Berry passed away at his home in Greensboro N.C. In his final book before passing, Berry challenged human society to a carry out a transition from a period of human devastation of the Earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner. This 'Great Work' encompassed religion, education, science and law. In this paper I will address Berry's argument that our current legal system supports the destruction of the environment and outline two ideas he put forward for evolving law. The first idea recognises that human law operates within and should be bound by the overarching laws of the natural world. From this perspective, the laws of nature are primary and human law would receive its legal quality and authority from its conformity with this law. The second proposal was to recognise that the earth consists of subjects, not objects and that all subjects are capable of holding rights. I will consider this argument in the context of two recent enactments of 'rights for nature' legislation in municipalities in the United States and in the constitution of Ecuador.

تاريخ نشر

2011

توصيف ظاهري

151-167

عنوان

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

شماره جلد

15/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5357

اصطلاح موضوعی

CONCEPT OF LAW

اصطلاح موضوعی

COSMOLOGY

اصطلاح موضوعی

CULTURAL CHANGE

اصطلاح موضوعی

EARTH JURISPRUDENCE

اصطلاح موضوعی

GREAT JURISPRUDENCE

اصطلاح موضوعی

JURISPRUDENCE

اصطلاح موضوعی

RIGHTS OF NATURE

اصطلاح موضوعی

THOMAS BERRY

اصطلاح موضوعی

UNIVERSE STORY

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Peter Burdon

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/156853511X574478

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y