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VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee / Should the Absentees Have Standing? The Fundamentals that Justify Nature Accessing Justice in Germany and Ecuador

VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee / Should the Absentees Have Standing? The Fundamentals that Justify Nature Accessing Justice in Germany and Ecuador

Contents
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- 321–322 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 321–322
- 323–330 Editorial 323–330
  - Nature’s Day in Court. Rights of Nature and Access to Justice in Ecuador and Germany Andreas Fischer-Lescano, Andreas Gutmann Andreas Fischer-Lescano, Andreas Gutmann
- 331–439 Abhandlungen / Articles 331–439
  - 331–351 Should the Absentees Have Standing? The Fundamentals that Justify Nature Accessing Justice in Germany and Ecuador Andreas Gutmann, Viviana Morales Naranjo Andreas Gutmann, Viviana Morales Naranjo 331–351
  - 352–375 Naturaleza, ecosistemas y acceso a la justicia: Estudio del caso Bosque de Hambach - Alemania María José Narváez Alvarez María José Narváez Alvarez 352–375
  - 376–397 Invisibilising Nature. Procedural Limits and Possibilities to Environmental Litigation in German Law Elena Sofia Ewering, Tore Vetter Elena Sofia Ewering, Tore Vetter 376–397
  - 398–414 Access to Justice through Environmental Public Interest Litigation: Exploring Contemporary Trends in Nigeria Emeka Polycarp Amechi, Uzuazo Etemire, Agent Ihua-Maduenyi Emeka Polycarp Amechi, Uzuazo Etemire, Agent Ihua-Maduenyi 398–414
  - 415–439 The Southern Turn in Comparative (Constitutional) Law. Review Essay: The Global South and Comparative Constitutional Law Daniel Bonilla Maldonado Daniel Bonilla Maldonado 415–439
- 440–449 Buchbesprechungen / Book Reviews 440–449
  - 440–444 Andreas Gutmann, Hybride Rechtssubjektivität – Die Rechte der „Natur oder Pacha Mama“ in der ecuadorianischen Verfassung von 2008, Contributions on Comparative Public Law and International Law, Vol. 307, Nomos, Baden-Baden 2021, 309 pages, Hardcover, 89.00 Euro, ISBN 9783848782451 Jasper Mührel Jasper Mührel 440–444
  - 445–449 Kevin E. Davis, Between Impunity and Imperialism: The Regulation of Transnational Bribery, Oxford University Press, New York 2019, 332 pages, 61.00 GBP, ISBN 9780190070809 Mariana Mota Prado, Mariana Mota Prado, 445–449
- 450–457 Bibliographie / Bibliography 450–457
  - 450–450 RECHT UND ENTWICKLUNG ALLGEMEIN / LAW AND DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL 450–450
  - 450–452 AFRIKA / AFRICA 450–452
  - 452–455 ASIEN / ASIA 452–455
  - 455–456 LATEINAMERIKA / LATIN AMERICA 455–456
  - 456–457 NAHER UND MITTLERER OSTEN / NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST 456–457
- 458–458 Call for Papers 458–458
- 459–459 Impressum 459–459
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VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , page 331 - 351

Should the Absentees Have Standing? The Fundamentals that Justify Nature Accessing Justice in Germany and Ecuador

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Andreas Gutmann Viviana Morales Naranjo

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2021-3-331
- ISSN: 0506-7286
- ISSN online: 2941-9603
Abstract

The law is deeply anthropocentric and tends to exclude nature from court proceedings. Consequently, in most states, pollution and destruction of ecosystems or animal abuse cannot be challenged directly by nature. This has been challengend constantly by environmental, indigenous, and other social movements. Rights of Nature (RoN) have become one of their favorite tools to contest law’s anthropocentrism. The idea bases on the assumption that access to justice in environmental issues would become more effective, if nature had autonomous rights that can be claimed before courts. This paper focuses on giving voice to absentees by using the sociology of absences and emergences, developped by Boaventura de Sousa Santos. It investigates how so called rights of nature were born out of different non-hegemonic views on nature and the collaboration of different social movements. It focusses on two constitutional orders (Germany and Ecuador) that heavily diverge regarding the consideration of nature’s claim in order to show how legal systems deal with emerging bio- and ecocentric demands.
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