The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?
Law Columbia
APRIL 22, 2021
How would such a legal system work, and could giving rights to nature help in the legal battle against climate change? In 2020, a federal judge ruled that the Lake Erie Bill of Rights is “invalid in its entirety” based on the premise that the law itself was “unconstitutionally vague” and exceeded municipal powers.
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