3. Ecological jurisprudence as a quantum leap of law - Alessandro Pelizzon

Alessandro Pelizzon is associate professor in the School of Law and Society at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. He has been part of the movement for rights of nature since its inception as a co-founder of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, the current chair of GARN's Academic Hub, and an expert member of the UN Harmony with Nature programme. Alessandros classical education has led him to go far back in time to find the legal and philosophical roots of the norms and perceptions we navigate today, something he eloquently develops in his new book Ecological Jurisprudence – the law of nature and the nature of law. The book is open source and a keystone publication in understanding the roots of the developing field of rights of nature. We speak about the ethical grounds of ecological jurisprudence, how placing law in an ecological context is a development of law comparable with how quantum physics expanded physics, and much more. Host: Pella Thiel, producer: Fredrik Arestav, music: "Nightjar" by Cosmo Sheldrake, art: Scene from "Thanatopsis" by Asher Brown Durand.