Legal Actions for Future Generations

Emilie Gaillard, David M. Forman

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PIE - Peter Lang
30 October 2020

Series: Générations futures, Paix et Environnement / Future generations, Peace and the Environment

At present, legal definitions of justice take account of a wide spectrum of concepts operating as juridical tools to protect future generations. Environmental justice, climate justice and protection of the Commons figure alongside new ways of conceiving justice itself, which must evolve in order to fit our changing world. It cannot be denied that we live in an era of wide-ranging transformation both in Law and Human Rights. In 1993, the now famous Oposa vs Factoran case in the Philippine Supreme Court created a precedent for future generations law and paved the way for legal action on behalf of future generations. This legal action also set a global precedent, in the sense that it heralds a new era in legal action throughout the world.

Is it possible to take legal action on behalf of future generations? If so, on what legal bases could this occur? What scientific or legal fields have already been successfully used in this regard? Are there any other bases upon which such legal action could be taken? Mass disputes and litigation on behalf of Humankind in defense of the planet’s future are invoking future generations in constantly increasing numbers.

Edited by: Emilie Gaillard, David M. Forman
Imprint: PIE - Peter Lang
Country of Publication: Belgium
Edition: New edition
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 636g
ISBN: 9782807615342
ISBN 10: 2807615341
Series: Générations futures, Paix et Environnement / Future generations, Peace and the Environment
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 30 October 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emilie GAILLARD, is Lecturer at Sciences Po Rennes. She teaches Private Law, Bioethics, International Environmental and Human Rights Law. Author of Générations futures et droit privé. Vers un droit des générations futures, LGDJ, 2011 (Awarded by the French Academy of Political and Moral Sciences, Charles Dupin Prize). She is the general coordinator of the Normandy Chair for Peace led by Tony Oposa (Normandy Region, CNRS, University of Caen Normandy – MRSH Caen). David FORMAN is Director of the Environmental Law Program at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and a Faculty Specialist with the Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law. The State of Hawai‘i Judicial Selection Commission has nominated him four times for vacancies on the Hawai'i Supreme Court and Intermediate Court of Appeals. He is the Deputy Ombudsman for Future Generations (Oceania Region).