UDTR Legal Library

UDTR Global Radar

UDTR Global Rights of Nature Radar

Documentary registry of records detected across the scholarly, legal and institutional infrastructures monitored by UDTR.

A global documentary infrastructure designed to achieve the broadest verifiable and scientifically defensible coverage of the Rights of Nature.

← Back to Radar

Nature’s Rights from Human’s Wrongs: Is the Magpie an Egalitarian Reorientation of Environmental Law in Canada?

Identification

Public canonical key
openalex:w7215286349
Authors
Taylor Labelle
Reported year
2024
Reported language
en
Source type
article
First detected
2026-11-09T19:04:47.932087+00:00
Last metadata observation
2026-11-10T16:58:51.357088+00:00
Last HTTP verification
Not checked

Documentary abstract — original language

This paper explores the ethical considerations surrounding environmental law in Canada, contrasting two different approaches – the anthropocentric utilitarian perspective with an ecocentric egalitarian approach grounded in Indigenous laws. Focusing on the operationalization of rights for natural entities through the lens of the Magpie River, the first case of the Rights of Nature in Canada. I argue this movement represents a shift from Western anthropocentrism to an ecocentric and egalitarian framework. This transformation is essential for meaningful application of the Rights of Nature and fostering a harmonious human-environment relationship. Furthermore, incorporating Indigenous laws into Western legal systems to address environmental concerns would promote Canada’s environmental and reconciliation commitments.

Identifiers

OPENALEX
W7215286349

Documentary context

Documentary family
Scholarship
Source-reported types
article
Jurisdictions studied — explicit sources
CA
Natural entities mentioned
River

Entity mentions are not evidence of legal recognition. Jurisdiction studied is separate from author affiliation country.

Sources

OpenAlex · Record 1 · Record 2

Documented bibliographic relations

Source-declared references and links; they do not establish legal support or UGLC qualification. Up to 20 outgoing references are displayed.

0 incoming references within the detected corpus

Documentary field provenance

Source-backed values and values with unresolved provenance are kept separately. Bibliographic provenance validates no legal claim.

Title
Documentary source reported
Publication
Documentary source reported
Authors
Documentary source reported
Document type
Documentary source reported
Jurisdiction
Studied subject derived from explicit documentary context
Court
Not recorded
Issuing authority
Not recorded
Publisher
Not recorded
DOI
Not recorded
ISBN
Not recorded
Official identifier
Not recorded
Source URL
Documentary source reported
Source-reported status
Not recorded
Amendment / repeal
Not recorded

Cite this reference

Taylor Labelle. Nature’s Rights from Human’s Wrongs: Is the Magpie an Egalitarian Reorientation of Environmental Law in Canada?. 2024. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-9c8149c5fa63ab6db82f993a95fbf9c4/

JSON · CSL-JSON · BibTeX · RIS · CSV · JSON-LD ·

APA, Chicago, ISO 690: bibliographic formats using available fields. OSCOLA / Bluebook: structured data only; full legal citation compliance is not claimed without verification of required elements.

APA
Taylor Labelle. (2024). Nature’s Rights from Human’s Wrongs: Is the Magpie an Egalitarian Reorientation of Environmental Law in Canada?. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-9c8149c5fa63ab6db82f993a95fbf9c4/
Chicago
Taylor Labelle. Nature’s Rights from Human’s Wrongs: Is the Magpie an Egalitarian Reorientation of Environmental Law in Canada?. 2024. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-9c8149c5fa63ab6db82f993a95fbf9c4/
ISO 690
Taylor Labelle. Nature’s Rights from Human’s Wrongs: Is the Magpie an Egalitarian Reorientation of Environmental Law in Canada?. 2024. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-9c8149c5fa63ab6db82f993a95fbf9c4/

UDTR Global Rights of Nature Legal Library. Nature’s Rights from Human’s Wrongs: Is the Magpie an Egalitarian Reorientation of Environmental Law in Canada?. Documentary record: https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-9c8149c5fa63ab6db82f993a95fbf9c4/ · Last HTTP verification: not performed

Report a correction

Field provenance and record version

Version 1e6042ce4ca19205 · udtr-reference-1.1.2

Title
OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.357088+00:00
Authors
OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.357088+00:00
Year
OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.357088+00:00
Identifiers
OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.357088+00:00
Source URL
OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.357088+00:00

History tracks record metadata and does not certify the state of the law.

dc604b14de90932f · 2026-11-09T19:12:52.618600+00:00

456a3acb79800e07 · 2026-11-09T19:12:52.618600+00:00

f03fea65a371e475 · 2026-11-09T19:12:52.618600+00:00

29304b0058e14b81 · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.357088+00:00

1e6042ce4ca19205 · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.357088+00:00

Frozen-version metadata

Research dossiers and documentary relations

CA ·

Taylor Labelle

Source roles

Discovery source · https://ojs.trentu.ca/index.php/just/article/view/1014

Discovery source · https://openalex.org/W7215286349

An authority link alone does not verify a legal claim. Abstracts and full texts remain subject to their source terms.

Documentary status

Relevance pending

Library

This identity is not yet included in the Legal Library.

UDTR Global Rights of Nature Legal Library