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Removing the Veil from the ‘Rights of Nature’: The Dichotomy between First Nations Customary Rights and Environmental Legal Personhood

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doi:10.1080/13200968.2019.1802154
Authors
Virginia
Reported year
2019
Reported language
en · eng
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Article
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2026-11-10T16:58:51.373221+00:00
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Documentary abstract — original language

The legal concept of the creation of a legal entity is not trailblazing territory of itself, although introducing and advocating for the legal personality of a river may be. However, advocating for the rights of nature on grounds that all humans over-exploit, abuse and contaminate the environment is as misleading as it is untrue. The Indigenous peoples of Australia have a primary, unique and inherent obligation to ‘Care for Country’ according to the Indigenous rule of law; exercising the protection and management of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environment. The Indigenous rule of law and the obligation to ‘Care for Country’ stretches back many millennia yet Australian domestic laws and policies fail to properly support the exercise of such obligations by Indigenous Australians. In this article I argue, rather than embracing a ‘rights of nature’ property paradigm in Australia, we should instead empower First Nations people to take a pivotal, even primary, role in caring for Country.

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DOI
10.1080/13200968.2019.1802154
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    Virginia. Removing the Veil from the ‘Rights of Nature’: The Dichotomy between First Nations Customary Rights and Environmental Legal Personhood. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2019.1802154

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    Virginia. (2019). Removing the Veil from the ‘Rights of Nature’: The Dichotomy between First Nations Customary Rights and Environmental Legal Personhood. https://doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2019.1802154
    Chicago
    Virginia. Removing the Veil from the ‘Rights of Nature’: The Dichotomy between First Nations Customary Rights and Environmental Legal Personhood. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2019.1802154
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    Virginia. Removing the Veil from the ‘Rights of Nature’: The Dichotomy between First Nations Customary Rights and Environmental Legal Personhood. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2019.1802154

    UDTR Global Rights of Nature Legal Library. Removing the Veil from the ‘Rights of Nature’: The Dichotomy between First Nations Customary Rights and Environmental Legal Personhood. Documentary record: https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-b7b0f3fbef0894f5a73aa50b732fa508/ · Last HTTP verification: not performed

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    Discovery source · https://doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2019.1802154

    Discovery source · https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/publications/removing-the-veil-from-the-rights-of-nature-the-dichotomy-between/

    Discovery source · https://openalex.org/W3090730513

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