The philosophical foundations of environmental law : property, rights, and nature / Sean Coyle, Karen Morrow.
"Environmental law, it is argued, is underpinned by a series of tenets concerning the relationship of human beings to the natural world, through the acquisition and use of property. By tracing these ideas to their roots in the political philosophy of the seventeenth century, and their reception...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Hart Publishing Law ebooks |
| Summary: | "Environmental law, it is argued, is underpinned by a series of tenets concerning the relationship of human beings to the natural world, through the acquisition and use of property. By tracing these ideas to their roots in the political philosophy of the seventeenth century, and their reception into the early law of nuisance, this book seeks to overturn the perception that environmental law's philosophical significance is confined to questions about the extent to which a state should pursue collective well-being and public health through deliberate manipulation and restriction of private property rights. Through a close re-examination of both early and modern statutes and cases, this book concludes that, far from being intelligible in exclusively instrumental terms, environmental law must be understood as the product of sustained reflection upon fundamental moral questions concerning the relationship between property rights and nature."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 228 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280807784 9781280807787 1472562968 9781472562968 1847310338 9781847310330 |