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‘The unprecedented challenges we are facing in the Anthropocene require radically new governance approaches that recognize the entanglement betweenhuman activities and Earth system processes.This volume provides a cutting-edge contribution to the emerging field of Earth system law by exploring and proposing novel legal developments for governing planetary transformations created by humans.’ Agni Kalfagianni, Co-chair of the Earth System Governance Project ‘Earth System Law: Standing on the Precipice of the Anthropocene is a ground-breaking work in the climate governance literature. The book reas- sesses the status quo for legal process. To do so, it uses years of expert insight into howtomeet thechallenges environmentalchangepresentstogovernance as its measure of assessment. Its conclusion is that the status quo for legal process has become dangerously antiquated at this critical moment in Earth’s history. Much of the book explores what types of legal reform are needed fromvariousdisciplinarypositions.Theresultisanoutlineofanewtheoryof law, which draws its direction from pragmatic solutions to the governance problems created by climate change. Undoubtably, this theory will appear strange and unfamiliar to many, straining their legal imagination. But this strain is a testament to the book’s importance. Many of us cling — with good reason — to our confidence in how society ought to be ordered. Our legal status quo, which supports the modern order, was hard-won in the trenches of Verdun and on the beaches of Normandy. Since then, it has served as the midwife for the birth of the modern nation-state, establishing a common ground for the negotiation of conflict in multiple contexts. Undermining this status quo may invite many risks to social stability. On the other hand, law inevitably must adapt to change and, as this book suggests, pragmatism must trump convention at this time when we stand on the precipice of environmental catastrophe. For these reasons, Earth System Law: Standing on the Precipice of the Anthropocene is a provocative book, which ought to be readwidely.’ Fenner Stewart, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Calgary, Canada; Dentons Canada LLP Research Fellow in Energy Law & Policy; Research Fellow in Energy and Environment at The School of Public Policy; Climate Governance Expert at the Canada Climate Law Initiative Earth System Law: Standing on the Precipice of the Anthropocene This book systematically explores the emerging legal discipline of Earth system law(ESL),challengingtheclosedsystemoflawandmarkinganewerainlawand societyscholarship.Lawhashistoricallyprovidedstability,certainty,andpredict- abilityintheorderingofsocialrelations(predominantlybetweenhumans).How- ever,inrecentdecades,theEarth’srelationshipinlawhaschangedwithincreasing recognition of the standing of Mother Earth, inherent rights of the environment (suchasfloraandfauna,rivers),andnowrecognitionofthemultiplerelationsof theAnthropocene.Thebookquestionsthefundamentalassumptionthat‘thelaw’ only applies to humans, and proposes that the Earth, as a system, has intrinsic rightsandresponsibilities.Inthelasttenyearstheplanethasexperienceditshot- testperiodsincehumanevolution,andbytheyear2100,unlesssubstantiveaction istaken,manyspecieswillbelost,andplanetaryconditionswillbeintolerablefor human civilisation as it currently exists. Relationships between humans, the bio- sphere, and all planetary systems must change. The contributors address these challengingtopics,settingthegroundworkofESLtoensuresustainabledevelop- ment of the coupled socio-ecological system that the Earth has become. Earth system law is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research project, and, as such, this book will be of great interest to researchers and stakeholders from a wide range of disciplines, including political science, anthropology, economics, law,ethics,sociology,andpsychology. Timothy Cadman is a Senior Research Fellow with the Earth System Gov- ernance Project and an Associate ofits Task Force on Earth System Law. He is a Research Fellow in the Law Futures Centre and the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law at Griffith University, Australia. MargotHurlbertisaSeniorResearchFellowwiththeEarthSystemGovernance ProjectandanAssociateofitsTaskForceonEarthSystemLaw.SheisCanada ResearchChair,Tier1ProfessorinClimateChange,Energy,andSustainability PolicyattheJohnson-ShoyamaGraduateSchoolofPublicPolicy,Canada. Andrea C. Simonelli is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, and founder of Adaptation Strategies International (ASI). Challenges of Globalisation Series Editors: Charles Sampford and Melea Lewis, Griffith University, Australia This series seeks to make systematic contributions to international debates over two intimately related issues: (cid:1) The values that should inform the governance of modern states and the globalizingworldinwhichtheyareincreasinglyenmeshed,inparticular whether the liberal democratic values that sought to civilize the sover- eign state need to be reconceived as global values. (cid:1) The institutions that are needed to realize those values, be they local, national, regional, international, transnational or global. Strengthening the Rule of Law through the UN Security Council Edited by Jeremy Farrall and Hilary Charlesworth Law, Lawyering and Legal Education Building an Ethical Profession in a Globalizing World Charles Sampford and Hugh Breakey Norm Antipreneursandthe Politics ofResistance toGlobal NormativeChange Edited by Alan Bloomfield and Shirley V. Scott Judges and Democratization Judicial Independence in New Democracies B. C. Smith Regulating the Use of Force by United Nations Peace Support Operations Balancing Promises and Outcomes Charuka Ekanayake Earth System Law Standing on the Precipice of the Anthropocene Edited by Timothy Cadman, Margot Hurlbert and Andrea C. 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Contents List of illustrations xii List of contributors xiii Foreword xvi Preface xix Acknowledgements xx Acronyms xxi 1 Introduction: Origins and evolution of Earth system law 1 TIMOTHYCADMAN PARTI Mapping the contours of Earth system law 13 2 Dimensions and definitions, signposts and silos in Earth system law 15 TIMOTHYCADMAN,MARGOTHURLBERTANDANDREAC.SIMONELLI PARTII The analytical dimensions of Earth system law 31 3 Earth system law in the age of humanity 33 WALTERF.BABER 4 International Relations and the analytical foundations of Earth system law 55 MIKEANGSTADT 5 An Earth system science-based perspective: A foundational feature of Earth system law 72 EDGARFERNÁNDEZFERNÁNDEZ