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Living in Harmony with Nature? A Critical Appraisal of the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia

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doi:10.1017/s2047102518000201
Authors
Paola Milenka Villavicencio Calzadilla · Louis Jacobus Kotze
Reported year
2018
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en
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article
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North-West University · University of Groningen · University of Lincoln

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GB · NL · ZA

Documentary abstract — original language

Abstract Juridical protection of the rights of nature is steadily emerging in several legal systems and in public discourse. Building on a recent publication in Transnational Environmental Law in which we interrogated Ecuador’s constitutional experiment with the rights of nature, we critically reflect in this contribution on Bolivia’s legal regime providing for the rights of Mother Earth. We do so, first, by sketching the juridical-political context within which these statutes were drafted and adopted, and then by analyzing the relevant constitutional provisions that provide the basis for the laws of Mother Earth. The third part forms the bulk of the discussion and details the background and the most relevant provisions of Bolivian statutes with a view to enabling a deeper critique in Part 4, in which we critically evaluate both the symbolic and the theoretical significance of the statutes as well as concerns related to their practical implementation. Insofar as the rights of nature paradigm has now become a truly global debate and a consideration in transnational comparative legal borrowing practices, our analysis aims to reveal the Bolivian experience, which could be instructive for civil society groups, academics, politicians and legislatures in a transnational setting.

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Paola Milenka Villavicencio Calzadilla; Louis Jacobus Kotze. Living in Harmony with Nature? A Critical Appraisal of the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2047102518000201

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Paola Milenka Villavicencio Calzadilla; Louis Jacobus Kotze. (2018). Living in Harmony with Nature? A Critical Appraisal of the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2047102518000201
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Paola Milenka Villavicencio Calzadilla; Louis Jacobus Kotze. Living in Harmony with Nature? A Critical Appraisal of the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2047102518000201
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Paola Milenka Villavicencio Calzadilla; Louis Jacobus Kotze. Living in Harmony with Nature? A Critical Appraisal of the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2047102518000201

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North-West University

University of Groningen

University of Lincoln

Louis Jacobus Kotze

Paola Milenka Villavicencio Calzadilla

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