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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Main Author: Michael C. Leach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Earth System Governance
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589811622000313