{"title":"Introduction: how far to ecological law? A look at mining through the lens of ecological law","authors":"C. Sbert","doi":"10.4337/9781839102134.00005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102134.00005","url":null,"abstract":"Ecological law is a legal paradigm that is emerging in response to the current ecological crisis. This book explores the main challenges and opportunities for a shift to this new paradigm in existing laws, particularly in the context of mining.1 The book has three parts. Part I offers a synthesis of the emerging theory of ecological law. It summarizes the main critiques, scientific and economic concepts, legal scholarship, and proposals that contribute to the theory of ecological law. Two short chapters examine the use of the term “ecological law” to name this emerging paradigm, propose a definition, and discuss whether the ecological law paradigm shift is feasible. The final two chapters in this part briefly discuss the relationship and potential synergies of ecological law with Indigenous legal traditions and with green legal theory. Part II of the book proposes an analytical tool to help improve the understanding of what a shift to ecological law would entail: the lens of ecological law. This lens builds primarily on Geoffrey Garver’s proposal of “the rule of ecological law as a legal complement to degrowth economics,” on Klaus Bosselmann’s concept of ecological justice, and on Cormac Cullinan’s manifesto for Earth jurisprudence and wild law. The lens of ecological law consists of three principles of ecological law: ecocentrism, ecological primacy, and ecological justice.2 In Part III of the book, three case studies examine the implications for a shift to ecological law by applying the lens of ecological law to three different legal approaches to mining. Mining is a fitting focus for this exercise given the ubiq-","PeriodicalId":299156,"journal":{"name":"The Lens of Ecological Law","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116813762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What qualifies as a principle of ecological law for purposes of the lens of ecological law?","authors":"C. Sbert","doi":"10.4337/9781839102134.00014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102134.00014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":299156,"journal":{"name":"The Lens of Ecological Law","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117294166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction to case studies","authors":"C. Sbert","doi":"10.4337/9781839102134.00017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102134.00017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":299156,"journal":{"name":"The Lens of Ecological Law","volume":"128 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125632027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Emerging Theory of Ecological Law","authors":"","doi":"10.4337/9781839102134.00006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102134.00006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":299156,"journal":{"name":"The Lens of Ecological Law","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122991952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mining Case Studies through the Lens of Ecological Law","authors":"","doi":"10.4337/9781839102134.00016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102134.00016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":299156,"journal":{"name":"The Lens of Ecological Law","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115078099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"El Salvadors metal mining ban through the lens of ecological law","authors":"","doi":"10.4337/9781839102134.00018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102134.00018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":299156,"journal":{"name":"The Lens of Ecological Law","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115204907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}