A Barrister for the Earth
ten cases of hope for our future
$42.00
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
21 July 2025
Summary
A Barrister for the Earth: Defending the Voiceless in a Court of Law
Can a planet have legal rights? Could it be defended in a court of law? How do we redefine a ‘right to life’?
A revolution is taking place. Around the world, ordinary people are turning to courts, seeking justice for environmental wrongs. At the forefront of this movement, pioneering barrister Monica Feria-Tinta advocates not only for people, but also for those who have no voice: for rivers, forest…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571386369 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571386369 |
| Author: | Monica Feria-Tinta |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 21 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 562g |
| Dimensions: | 37mm x 327mm x 226mm |
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About The Author
Monica Feria-Tinta
Monica Feria-Tinta is a British-Peruvian barrister specialising in Public International Law. She has been called one of ‘the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers’ in the United Kingdom, and was shortlisted for “Barrister of the Year” at The Lawyers’ Awards 2020 and at Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2023 for her work in addressing climate change and environmental degradation. In 2020, she acted before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador in Los Cedros case, the first ‘Rights of Nature’ case in the world. In September 2022 her work as Counsel secured a win in the Torres Strait Islanders case, a landmark moment in which the UN Human Rights Committee found a Sovereign state responsible, for the first time in history, for lack of action in addressing climate change.
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