Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
7-2-2012
SSRN Discipline
Legal Scholarship Network; PSN Subject Matter eJournals; Political Economy - International eJournals; Social Insurance Research Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; SRPN Subject Matter eJournals; Sustainability Research & Policy Network; Political Science Network; Environmental & Natural Resources Law eJournals; Political Economy - Development eJournals
Abstract
Criticizes a leading theory of environmental protection that holds that humans should act as trustees for our natural resources Outlines Joseph Saxs highly original proposal and shows how it has exerted great influence on environmental thought and action Shows however that the theory has stalled competing approaches to conservation efforts that might have proven even more farreaching Sets forth general strategies for law reform and reformers
Recommended Citation
Richard Delgado,
Our Better Natures: A Revisionist View of Joseph Sax's Public Trust Theory of Environmental Protection, and Some Dark Thoughts on the Possibility of Law Reform,
(2012).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/227