Law and the Anthropocene: Explorations on new legal narratives for the geological transition.

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)

Confidenciality: No

Education area(s): Dret Ambiental

Title in different languages: Law and the Anthropocene: Explorations on new legal narratives for the geological transition.

Abstract: The narrative of the Anthropocene represents an interdisciplinary operational concept. It defines the challenges that humanity, as a species and global community, must face in the present. The main cause of the geological transition is the social metabolism promoted by the capitalist-world economy. In this context, law plays a fundamental role, being the institutional system that allows the development of capitalism. Likewise, law has favored the establishment of hierarchies of all kinds (for reasons of gender, race, religion, social class, etc.), which are the ones that end up generating the inequalities embedded in the capitalist economy. The geological transition represents, therefore, a challenge for the hegemonic conceptions of law. It must be transformed into the process of adaptation that humanity faces at this time, in particular, generating inclusive strategies that enable a just transition.

Subject: Ciències jurídiques

Academic year: 2018-2019

Language: en

Work's public defense date: 2019-07-15

Student: Esteve Jordà, Clara

Department: Dret Públic

Creation date in repository: 2022-03-25

TFM credits: 12

Keywords: Anthropocene, global constitutionalism, sustainability

Title in original language: Law and the Anthropocene: Explorations on new legal narratives for the geological transition.

Access Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Project director: Jaria i Manzano, Jordi