Environmental personhood
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environmental-personhood-216-1881988
title:
Environmental personhood
text:
Environmental personhood or juridic personhood is a legal concept which designates certain environmental entities the status of a legal person. This assigns to these entities, the rights, protections, privileges, responsibilities and legal liability of a legal personality. Because environmental entities such as rivers and plants can not represent themselves in court, a "guardian" can act on the entity's behalf to protect it. Environmental personhood emerged from the evolution of legal focus in p
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Legal concept
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_personhood
date created:
2017-08-23T00:02:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T21:32:47Z
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13
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