Seeking ‘Systems’ in Earth System Law: Boundaries, identity, and purpose in an emergent field
This paper interrogates the vision and purpose of the nascent and developing field of ‘Earth System Law’ (ESL) with a view to asking how best to describe what ESL is and how it can contribute to scholarship on law in the ‘Anthropocene.’ Drawing on Luhmann’s autopoetic systems theory of law and compl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-01-01
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Series: | Earth System Governance |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589811622000313 |