
The Ecology of Law: Toward a Legal System in Tune with Nature and Community
Toward a Legal System in Tune with Nature and Community
$55.87
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2018
Summary
Winner, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in Politics/Current Events- A systems theorist and a legal scholar present a new paradigm for protecting our planet.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 decades, science has shifted from seeing the natural world as a kind of cosmic machine best understood by analyzing each cog and s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781626562066 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1626562067 |
| Author: | Fritjof Capra |
| Publisher: | Berrett-Koehler |
| Imprint: | Berrett-Koehler |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 96mm x 64mm x 9mm |
| Series: | UK Professional Business Management / Business |
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“The authors propose a philosophy and jurisprudence that is deeply radical—upending centuries of Western tradition and culture—but possibly crucial to solving looming environmental problems…. Simply reading about Capra and Mattei’s vision is a paradigm-changing experience. Realizing it would require a seemingly impossible, but perhaps crucial, global transformation.” – Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Fritjof Capra
Fritjof Capra, PhD, is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California. He is a fellow of Schumacher College in England and serves on the council of Earth Charter International. He frequently gives management seminars for top executives. Capra is the author or coauthor of over ten books, including The Tao of Physics and The Web of Life.Ugo Mattei is the Alfred and Hanna Fromm Professor of International and Comparative Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law and a professor of civil law at the University of Turin, Italy. He is active in the European Commons movement and has written academic articles and media commentary translated into many languages.
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