UK Earth Law Judgments

Helen Dancer is Senior Lecturer in Law and Anthropology at the University of Sussex, UK.Bonnie Holligan is Senior Lecturer in Property Law at the University of Sussex, UK.Helena Howe is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex, UK.

• 1. Introduction, Helen Dancer (University of Sussex, UK), Bonnie Holligan (University of Sussex, UK) and Helena Howe (University of Sussex, UK)2. Earth Law Judging: Transforming Legal Reasoning, Helen Dancer (University of Sussex, UK), Bonnie Holligan (University of Sussex, UK) and Helena Howe (University of Sussex, UK)Part 1: Time3. A Letter to Future Generations: Packham v Secretary of State for Transport, The Prime Minister and HS2 LimitedJudgment: Helen Dancer (University of Sussex, UK)Commentator: Young Voices4. Attorney-General and Others and Kennard and Others v Cory Brothers and Company, Limited, and Others: A View from Wales in 2023Judgment: Karen Morrow (Swansea University, UK) Commentator: Jo Hawkins (University of Leeds, UK)Part 2: Subjectivities5. Swale Water v Swale Water Workers for Marshes Coalition: Dangerous Work Through the Lens of Earth LawJudgment: Ania Zbyszewska (Carleton University, Canada) Commentator: Anastasia Tataryn (St Jerome’s University at the University of Waterloo, Canada)6. Of Pests and Privilege: Re-examining R (on the application of Countryside Alliance and Others) v Attorney GeneralJudgment: Joe Wills (University of Leicester, UK)Commentator: Chris Sangster (University of Northumbria, UK)Part 3: Care and Obligation7. Who Let the Pigs Out? Rooting for the ‘Good Farmer’ in Savage v FaircloughJudgment: Helena Howe (University of Sussex, UK)Commentator: Johanna Gibson (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)8. Property Rights and Environmental Regulation on the Estuary: R (on the application of Mott) v Environment AgencyJudgment: Bonnie Holligan (University of Sussex, UK)Commentator: Hannah Blitzer (Wildlife and Countryside Link, UK)Notes on the Wildlaw Judgment Generator: Jo Lindsay Walton (University of Sussex, UK)Part 4: Harm and Responsibility9. Corporations and the Duty of Care for Nature? An Amicus Curiae for the Case of Vedanta Resources PLC and Konkola Copper MinesJudgment: Saskia Vermeylen (University of Strathclyde, UK) and Jérémie Gilbert (University of Roehampton, UK)Commentator: Felicity Kayumba Kalunga (University of Zambia)10. Ecocide in the International Criminal Court: The Prosecutor v Mr X (Reparations Order) Judgment: Rachel Killean (University of Sydney, Australia)Commentator: Damien Short (University of London, UK)Part 5: Knowledges11. On Windfarms and Whimbrel: Sustainable Shetland v The Scottish MinistersJudgment: Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw Bt KC (University of Dundee, UK)Commentator: Malcolm Combe (University of Strathclyde, UK)12. On the Issuing of Traffic Regulation Orders in the Lake District National Park: Stubbs (on behalf of Green Lanes Environmental Action Movement) v Lake District National Park Authority and OrsJudgment: Julia Aglionby (University of Cumbria, UK)Commentator: Chris Rodgers (University of Newcastle, UK)13. To Open Up: A Performative Rewriting of Pendragon v United Kingdom, Lucy Finchett-Maddock (Bangor University, UK) and Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos (University of Westminster, UK)14. Afterword: Changing Legal Cultures, Helen Dancer (University of Sussex, UK), Bonnie Holligan (University of Sussex, UK) and Helena Howe (University of Sussex, UK)

This book challenges traditional thought and reasoning and the contributors’ enthusiasm and commitment is both clear and inspiring ... The book genuinely is a must read for scholars, students, legal practitioners (yes, that includes judges!) and activists questioning the role of law and courts as a mechanism for change and one tool to help lead through our planetary crisis.