The Ecology of law : toward a legal system in tune with nature and community / Fritjof Capra and Ugo Mattei

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capra, Fritjof, autor.

Contributor:

Mattei, Ugo, autor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 recurso en línea

Edition:

First edition

Other Title:

Toward a legal system in tune with nature and community

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : Berrett-Koehler, 2015

System Details:

text file

Summary:

At the root of many of the environmental, economic, and social crises we face today is a legal system based on an outdated worldview. In this groundbreaking book, bestselling author, physicist, and systems theorist Fritjof Capra and distinguished legal scholar Ugo Mattei show how, by incorporating concepts from modern science, the law can become an integral part of bringing about a better world. This is the first book to trace the fascinating parallel history of law and science from antiquity to modern times, showing how the two disciplines have always influenced each other--until recently. In the past few years, the scientific paradigm has shifted dramatically, from seeing the natural world as a kind of cosmic machine to understanding it as a network of fluidly interacting communities. But law is stuck in a mechanistic, seventeenth-century view that the world is made up of discrete individual parts. This has led to legal theory focusing on these parts and ignoring the bigger picture--for example, elevating the rights of individual property owners over the good of the community. But Capra and Mattei outline the basic concepts and structures of a legal order consistent with the ecological principles that sustain life on this planet. This is a profound and visionary reconceptualization of the very foundations of the Western legal system, with profound implications for the future of our planet.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Leading Scholars in Science and Jurisprudence

INTRODUCTION: THE LAWS OF NATURE AND THE NATURE OF LAW

CHAPTER 1 SCIENCE AND LAW

CHAPTER 2 FROM KÓSMOS TO MACHINE

CHAPTER 3 FROM COMMONS TO CAPITAL

CHAPTER 4 THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION AND THE LEGACY OF MODERNITY

CHAPTER 5 FROM THE MACHINE TO THE NETWORK

CHAPTER 6 MECHANICAL JURISPRUDENCE

CHAPTER 7 THE MECHANISTIC TRAP

CHAPTER 8 FROM CAPITAL TO COMMONS

CHAPTER 9 THE COMMONS AS A LEGAL INSTITUTION

CHAPTER 10 THE ECOLEGAL REVOLUTION

Notes

Glossary of Scientific and Legal Terms

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

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About the Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781626562080

1626562083

OCLC:

922007502