Wild Law (book)
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| Author | Cormac Cullinan |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Green Books |
| Released | November 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 224p |
| ISBN | 1-9039998-35-2 |
Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice is a book by Cormac Cullinan. It was published by Green Books in November 2003 in association with The Gaia Foundation, London. It was first published in August 2002 by Siber Ink. With a foreword by Thomas Berry.
Cullinan is a practising lawyer and Chief Executive Officer of EnAct International, an environmental law and policy consultancy headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.
The book fuses politics, legal theory, ancient wisdom and personal experiences. Cullinan argues that we are rapidly destroying our only habitat, Earth, and that it is becoming clear that many of the treaties, laws and policies adopted in recent years have failed to slow down, let alone halt or reverse, this process. Cullinan shows that the survival of the community of life on Earth (including humans) requires us to radically change our understanding of the purpose of law and governance. In describing what this new ‘Earth governance’ and ‘Earth jurisprudence’ might look like, he also gives practical advice on how to begin moving towards it. See also Wild law.
[edit] Literature
Stephen Harding, 'Earthly rights', The Guardian newspaper, London, April 2007
Simon Boyle, 'On thin ice', The Guardian newspaper, London, November 2006
