A legal paradigm shift towards climate justice in the Anthropocene
Keywords:
Anthropocene, global heating, climate emergency, climate justice, climatic harms, paradigm shift, new materialism, Antropoceno, calentamiento global, emergencia climática, justicia climática, daño climático, cambio de paradigma, nuevo materialismoAbstract
Business as usual is widely acknowledged as the main driver of ecological collapse and climate breakdown, but less attention is paid to the role of law as usual as an impediment to climate justice. This article analyses how domestic and international environmental law facilitate injustices against living entities and nature. It calls for a paradigm shift in legal theory, practice and teaching to reflect the scale and urgency of the unfolding ecological catastrophe. Section 2 outlines the links between climatic harms and climate injustices. This is followed by discussions of unsustainable law and economic development in sections 3 and 4. Section 5 examines the potential contribution of new materialist legal theory in bringing about a legal paradigm shift that reflects the jurisgenerative role of nature in promoting climate justice.El statu quo empresarial está ampliamente considerado como el actor principal del colapso ecológico y el desastre climático, pero se presta menos atención al papel del statu quo jurídico como obstáculo a la justicia climática. Este artículo analiza cómo el derecho ambiental nacional e internacional facilita que se produzcan injusticias contra los seres vivos y la naturaleza. Pide un cambio de paradigma en la teoría, la práctica y la enseñanza del derecho, para reflejar la escala y la urgencia de la catástrofe ecológica que se está desarrollando. La sección 2 dibuja las relaciones entre el daño climático y la injusticia climática. A esto le sigue una argumentación sobre el desarrollo jurídico y económico insostenible, en las secciones 3 y 4. La sección 5 examina la contribución potencial de la nueva teoría jurídica materialista en el sentido de provocar un cambio de paradigma jurídico que refleje el rol jurisgenerativo de la naturaleza para promover la justicia climática.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1177
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