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Christopher D. Stone - Should Trees Have Standing?: Law, Morality, and the Environment - 9780199736072 - V9780199736072
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Should Trees Have Standing?: Law, Morality, and the Environment

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Description for Should Trees Have Standing?: Law, Morality, and the Environment Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; LBBP; LNDC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Originally published in 1972, Should Trees Have Standing? was a rallying point for the then burgeoning environmental movement, launching a worldwide debate on the basic nature of legal rights that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, in the 35th anniversary edition of this remarkably influential book, Christopher D. Stone updates his original thesis and explores the impact his ideas have had on the courts, the academy, and society as a whole. At the heart of the book is an eminently sensible, legally sound, and compelling argument that the environment should be granted legal rights. For the new edition, Stone explores ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199736072
SKU
V9780199736072
Shipping Time
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99-5

About Christopher D. Stone
Christopher D. Stone is J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law at the University of Southern California School of Law. A leading advocate for the environment, he has written for Harper's, The New York Times, The Nation, Boston Globe, and Los Angeles Times.

Reviews for Should Trees Have Standing?: Law, Morality, and the Environment
"Christopher Stone's book reflects a truly original contribution to the environmental law movement. Stone's unique idea about nature and natural objects-that perhaps they should have their own rights-is now ripe to be considered seriously by policymakers. As Stone suggested decades ago, and expands upon in his new book, the time has finally come to move from an anthropocentric to an ... Read more

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