Wild Law

Wild Law
Author Cormac Cullinan
Country South Africa & United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Siber Ink & Green Books
Publication date
August 2002 & November 2003
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 260 & 224p
ISBN 0-9584417-8-2 (Siber Ink)
ISBN 1-903998-35-2 (Green)

Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice is a book by Cormac Cullinan that proposes recognizing natural communities and ecosystems as legal persons with legal rights. The book explains the concept of wild law, that is, human laws that are consistent with earth jurisprudence.[1] Foreworded by Thomas Berry, the book was published by Green Books in November 2003 in association with The Gaia Foundation, London. It was first published in South Africa, the author's home country, in August 2002 by Siber Ink.[2]

The feasibility of developing a new form of jurisprudence was discussed at a conference in Washington attended by Thomas Berry in April 2001, organised by the Gaia Foundation. A group of people involved with law and indigenous peoples attended from South Africa, Britain, Colombia, Canada and the United States.[3]

Since then Wild Law has been at the centre of many conferences and residential workshops:

The Tamaqua Borough Sewage Sludge Ordinance enacted in 2006 by the 7,000 inhabits of the community of Tamaqua, PA is based on the 2002 ideas set out in Wild Law and has been viewed potentially as one of the most important events of 2006.[6] Tamaqua's ordinance not only denies the right of corporations to spread sewage sludge as fertilizer on farmland, even when the farmer is willing, the ordinance recognizes natural communities and ecosystems as legal persons with legal rights.[6] This ordinance is among the first " wild laws" to be passed anywhere in the world.[6]

References

  1. Discovering the meaning of Earth jurisprudence, Legalbrief, 27 August 2002
  2. Temkin, Sanchia. 21 October 2002. Business Day (South Africa) Changing out approach to earth governance.
  3. Mike Bell (2003), Thomas Berry and an Earth Jurisprudence: An Exploratory Essay ( Scholar search) 19 (1), The Trumpeter.
  4. Former Environment Minister leads debate on 'Wild Law', University of Brighton, 14 November 2005
  5. Miami Herald 19 April 2007. Earth Jurisprudence Section: NC; Page 10.
  6. 1 2 3 Cameron, Silver Donald. 11 January 2007. Rachel's Environment & Health News. When does a tree have rights? Issue 889.

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