Presents a beautiful vision of how we could change our structures and order to give us a new role on Earth - one that will protect the natural world, rather than destroy it.

We are rapidly destroying our only habitat, Earth. It is becoming clear that many of the treaties, laws and policies concluded in recent years have failed to slow down, let alone halt or reverse, this process. The concept of introducing a wild law has been seminal in informing and inspiring the global movement to recognise rights for Nature - a movement destined to shape the twenty-first century as significantly as the human rights movements shaped the twentieth century.

Written by environmental attorney, Cormac Cullinan, Wild Law outlines an Earth-centred approach to re-ordering human societies (Earth jurisprudence). It is a manifest on how we can conserve biological and cultural diversity, animal rights and welfare, and green spirituality by rediscovering a role for our species within the Earth community. After all, we have no future without our wonderful planet.

Fusing together politics, legal theory, quantum physics and ancient wisdom into a fascinating and hopeful story, Wild Law reveals how the governance systems of today legitimise and promote the disastrous exploitation and destruction of Earth. Cormac explains how to begin transforming our systems to ensure that the pursuit of human well-being enhances the beauty, health and diversity of Earth instead of diminishing it.

Wild Law is an inspiring and stimulating book for anyone who cares about Earth and is concerned about the direction in which the human species is moving.

Cormac Cullinan is a practising environmental attorney, and governance expert who has worked on environmental governance issues in more than twenty countries. In 2008 he was included in Planet Savers: 301 Extraordinary Environmentalists, a book that profiles leading environmentalists throughout history. He led the drafting of the 2010 Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth and played a leading role in establishing a Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature. Cormac is a director both of Cullinan and Associates, Inc., a specialist environmental and green-business law firm, and the governance consultancy EnAct International.

Foreword by Thomas Berry

Part 1: Rethinking governance
Anthills and aardvarks

Part 2: The world as we know it
The illusion of independence
The myth of the master species
Why law and jurisprudence matter
The conceit of law

Part 3: Earth governance
Respecting the Great Law
Remembering who we are
The question of rights
Elements of Earth governance

Part 4: The journey into wildness
Seeking Earth jurisprudence
The rhythms of life
The law of the land
A communion of communities
Transforming law and governance

Part 5: The terrain ahead
The mountain path

Postscript - The emergence of Wild Law
Appendix - Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth
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