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Earth Systems Law RPG: Justice applications in the Anthropocene
Time:
Wednesday, 25/Oct/2023:
8:30am - 10:00am
Session Chair: Andrea C. Simonelli
Location:GR 1.143
Session Conference Streams:
Anticipation and Imagination
Session Abstract
Theorizing forward-looking legal principles in the Anthropocene is limited by the way these could be applied in practice- this is the challenge of Earth System Law (ESL). Earth-centered legal thinking challenges the long-held precedent on the subject of rights, enforcement of law, the appearance of damages, and the expression of restitution. Transformational law may necessitate adaptiveness in its implementation as a result of the anticipation and imagination needed to see non-human challenges and ripples of scale. This session seeks to move from theory to application by providing an interactive role-play as it applies to the legal challenges of the Anthropocene. It is the year 2065 and international law recognizes the rights of nature. Water and non-humans have the right to life, existence, and the natural progression of their lifespan and/or function. For water, this means it can freely flow through its’ phases without restriction and with the right to transit particulate, nutrients, and lifeforms. For non-humans, this means the unimpeded right to birth through maturity, in any and all of the locales that this may entail. The panelists will present two scenarios based on the aforementioned legal recognitions. These will be organized like a trial with the audience acting as a deliberative and/or mediative body. At the end of each role-play, the audience will decide the case evaluating the justice within this paradigm, competing values, and redress. These treatments will pit the intertwined systems of the planet against human economic systems. We invite the audience to participate by weighing the arguments presented relating to the enforcement of rights and impact of potential damages between ecosystem services and a threat, ultimately acting as Judges of the trial having the opportunity to ask questions and ultimately render a verdict; plaintiff versus defendant.
Presentations
Earth Systems Law RPG: Justice applications in the Anthropocene
Chair(s): Andrea C. Simonelli (Virginia Commonwealth University, United States of America)
Presenter(s): Margot Hurlbert (University of Regina), Rosalind Warner (Okanagan College), Tim Cadman (Griffith University)
Theorizing forward-looking legal principles in the Anthropocene is limited by the way these could be applied in practice- this is the challenge of Earth System Law (ESL). Earth-centered legal thinking challenges the long-held precedent on the subject of rights, enforcement of law, the appearance of damages, and the expression of restitution. Transformational law may necessitate adaptiveness in its implementation as a result of the anticipation and imagination needed to see non-human challenges and ripples of scale. This session seeks to move from theory to application by providing an interactive role-play as it applies to the legal challenges of the Anthropocene. It is the year 2065 and international law recognizes the rights of nature. Water and non-humans have the right to life, existence, and the natural progression of their lifespan and/or function. For water, this means it can freely flow through its’ phases without restriction and with the right to transit particulate, nutrients, and lifeforms. For non-humans, this means the unimpeded right to birth through maturity, in any and all of the locales that this may entail. The panelists will present two scenarios based on the aforementioned legal recognitions. These will be organized like a trial with the audience acting as a deliberative and/or mediative body. At the end of each role-play, the audience will decide the case evaluating the justice within this paradigm, competing values, and redress. These treatments will pit the intertwined systems of the planet against human economic systems. We invite the audience to participate by weighing the arguments presented relating to the enforcement of rights and impact of potential damages between ecosystem services and a threat, ultimately acting as Judges of the trial having the opportunity to ask questions and ultimately render a verdict; plaintiff versus defendant.
