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Rights of Nature: Legal Philosophy Meets Democracy The Swiss Cantonal Reuss-Initiative

Identification

Public canonical key
doi:10.30687/lgsp/2785-2709/2026/01/003
Authors
Markus · Angelo
Reported year
2026
Reported language
en · eng
Source type
Article
First detected
2026-11-09T19:04:47.918761+00:00
Last metadata observation
2026-11-10T16:58:51.362564+00:00
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Institutions reported by the source

University of Lucerne · Universität Luzern, Schweiz

Reported affiliation countries

CH

Documentary abstract — original language

The Reuss-Initiative, a popular initiative to change the constitution of the Swiss Canton of Lucerne aims to grant public water bodies legal personality and fundamental rights for their existence and ecological integrity. Existing environmental laws are ineffective because the waters lack legal standing to challenge political pressure in court. The call for legal personality and fundamental rights is based not only on legal philosophy but on political grounds. The paper explains why it makes sense from a democratic perspective to give legal personality in a first step to non-sentience water bodies instead of sentient beings.

Identifiers

OPENALEX
W7201870788
DOI
10.30687/lgsp/2785-2709/2026/01/003
ISSN
2785-2709
OPENAIRE
doi_________::a6b7ebb93b251e09bb564a6fb32eac5e

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DOAJ · Record 1 · Record 2

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Cite this reference

Markus; Angelo. Rights of Nature: Legal Philosophy Meets Democracy The Swiss Cantonal Reuss-Initiative. 2026. https://doi.org/10.30687/lgsp/2785-2709/2026/01/003

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Markus; Angelo. (2026). Rights of Nature: Legal Philosophy Meets Democracy The Swiss Cantonal Reuss-Initiative. https://doi.org/10.30687/lgsp/2785-2709/2026/01/003
Chicago
Markus; Angelo. Rights of Nature: Legal Philosophy Meets Democracy The Swiss Cantonal Reuss-Initiative. 2026. https://doi.org/10.30687/lgsp/2785-2709/2026/01/003
ISO 690
Markus; Angelo. Rights of Nature: Legal Philosophy Meets Democracy The Swiss Cantonal Reuss-Initiative. 2026. https://doi.org/10.30687/lgsp/2785-2709/2026/01/003

UDTR Global Rights of Nature Legal Library. Rights of Nature: Legal Philosophy Meets Democracy The Swiss Cantonal Reuss-Initiative. Documentary record: https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-3baec927c43166350f4cec20b63c09ba/ · Last HTTP verification: not performed

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Title
DOAJ · source · 2026-11-10T01:19:03.085677+00:00
OpenAIRE · source · 2026-11-09T19:06:44.928935+00:00
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DOAJ · source · 2026-11-10T01:19:03.085677+00:00
OpenAIRE · source · 2026-11-09T19:06:44.928935+00:00
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DOAJ · source · 2026-11-10T01:19:03.085677+00:00
OpenAIRE · source · 2026-11-09T19:06:44.928935+00:00
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DOAJ · source · 2026-11-10T01:19:03.085677+00:00
OpenAIRE · source · 2026-11-09T19:06:44.928935+00:00
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DOAJ · source · 2026-11-10T01:19:03.085677+00:00
OpenAIRE · source · 2026-11-09T19:06:44.928935+00:00
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Research dossiers and documentary relations

University of Lucerne

Angelo

Markus

Source roles

Bibliographic / original publication source · http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2026/01/003

Bibliographic / original publication source · https://doi.org/10.30687/lgsp/2785-2709/2026/01/003

Discovery source · https://openalex.org/W7201870788

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