Includes bibliographical references and index.

Modern environmental law -- The origins of earth law -- Conceptual frameworks of earth law -- Property law in the United States -- Standing -- Guardianship arrangements in rights of nature legal provisions -- Public trust doctrine -- Rights of future generations -- The rights of nature movement in the United States -- Human rights and rights of nature : a symbiotic relationship -- Nonhuman rights -- Ecocide -- Climate change civil disobedience and the necessity defense -- Bears among us : earth law and animal-human co-existence -- United Nations sustainable development initiatives -- Ecocentric governance : the new ecological social contract -- Ecuador -- Nature rights in Colombia : an emerging jurisprudence -- Earth law in Latin America : a glimpse of Brazil and Mexico -- India -- Israel -- New Zealand -- The Netherlands -- Africa -- Indigenous legalities.

"This book is a collaborative effort by more than twenty law school professors and thought leaders across the globe. In addition to providing a text for a semester-long classroom curriculum, the book will include a compendium of ecocentric law that will serve as a comprehensive reference for practitioners"-- Provided by publisher.