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A Barrister for the Earth
Ten Cases of Hope for Our Future
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Can a planet have legal rights? Could it be defended in a court of law? How do we redefine a 'right to life'? A revolution is taking place. Around the world, ordinary people are turning to courts, seeking justice for environmental wrongs. At the forefront of...
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A Barrister for the Earth
A top climate barrister shares ten legal battles that give hope for the protection of the planet
A top climate barrister shares ten legal battles that give hope for the protection of the planet
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Can a planet have legal rights? Could it be defended in a court of law? How do we redefine a 'right to life'?
A revolution is taking place. Around the world, ordinary people are turning to courts, seeking justice for environmental wrongs. At the forefront of this movement, pioneering barrister Monica Feria-Tinta advocates not only for people, but also for those who have no voice: for rivers, forests, and endangered species.
In A Barrister for the Earth, Feria-Tinta takes us behind the scenes of ten real cases as she argues against the destruction of cloud forests and for sovereign states to account for inaction. Each of these is a landmark signalling that we are at an important juncture, in which the law can be a powerful tool for lasting change.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571386369
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 April 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
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Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Monica Feria-Tinta is a British-Peruvian barrister specialising in Public International Law. She has been called one of 'the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers' in the United Kingdom, and was shortlisted for "Barrister of the Year" at The Lawyers' Awards 2020 and at Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2023 for her work in addressing climate change and environmental degradation. In 2020, she acted before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador in Los Cedros case, the first 'Rights of Nature' case in the world. In September 2022 her work as Counsel secured a win in the Torres Strait Islanders case, a landmark moment in which the UN Human Rights Committee found a Sovereign state responsible, for the first time in history, for lack of action in addressing climate change.
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