Human activities are damaging the ecological foundations of life. We are currently facing a broad and comprehensive global ecological crisis. In the age of Anthropocene, humanity is called to recognize its responsibility to act in order to address such ecological challenge, leaving behind old paradigms and models, and moving towards a new legal approach to human development in harmony with Nature. A new attitude is needed to tackle the global ecological crisis. This should consist in the transformation of environmental law into ecological law. The transformation should be based on three main changes, including a new main objective, a new reference approach and a new key paradigm. The new main objective should consist in ecological integrity as a pre-requisite for Nature protection. The new reference approach should overcome the dichotomy between an anthropocentric and an eco-centric approach. The new key paradigm should promote a shift from a culture of domination to a culture of respect. In order to achieve the transformation from environmental law into ecological law, it will be necessary to re-assess the existing corpus of environmental law, and indeed all of contemporary law, relying upon a revised set of principles, objectives and tools.

Montini, M. (2021). The transformation of environmental law into ecological law. In P.D.B. K. Anker (a cura di), From Environmental to Ecological Law (pp. 11-22). Abington : Routledge.

The transformation of environmental law into ecological law

Montini Massimiliano
2021-01-01

Abstract

Human activities are damaging the ecological foundations of life. We are currently facing a broad and comprehensive global ecological crisis. In the age of Anthropocene, humanity is called to recognize its responsibility to act in order to address such ecological challenge, leaving behind old paradigms and models, and moving towards a new legal approach to human development in harmony with Nature. A new attitude is needed to tackle the global ecological crisis. This should consist in the transformation of environmental law into ecological law. The transformation should be based on three main changes, including a new main objective, a new reference approach and a new key paradigm. The new main objective should consist in ecological integrity as a pre-requisite for Nature protection. The new reference approach should overcome the dichotomy between an anthropocentric and an eco-centric approach. The new key paradigm should promote a shift from a culture of domination to a culture of respect. In order to achieve the transformation from environmental law into ecological law, it will be necessary to re-assess the existing corpus of environmental law, and indeed all of contemporary law, relying upon a revised set of principles, objectives and tools.
2021
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Montini, M. (2021). The transformation of environmental law into ecological law. In P.D.B. K. Anker (a cura di), From Environmental to Ecological Law (pp. 11-22). Abington : Routledge.
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