Amos, Rob (2017) Reassessing the role of plants in society. International Journal of Law in Context 13 (3), pp. 295-315. ISSN 1744-5523.
Abstract
Plants have been and will continue to be fundamental to the evolution of human society. However, the law’s traditional approach to plants, based broadly on the need to facilitate the exploitation of plants for the benefit of humans and to regulate the impacts of that exploitation, fails to recognise the ways in which plants can be said to participate in society. This participation takes three forms: a contribution to the achievement of social goals, the shaping of social spaces and the influencing of individual and collective human behaviours. It is argued that the recognition of these roles that plants play in society in law and policy could begin to redress the continuing decline in plant diversity, and lead to a reformed understanding of society’s relationship with plants and the wider natural world.
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Law School |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jan 2025 16:15 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 16:15 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/54876 |
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