Law, the Humanities and Political Incertitude in a Time of Climate Change
Anno:
2021
Tipologia prodotto:
Articolo in Rivista
Tipologia ANVUR:
Articolo su rivista
Lingua:
Inglese
Formato:
A Stampa
Referee:
Sì
Nome rivista:
Legalities. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Law and Society
ISSN Rivista:
2634-3770
N° Volume:
1
Numero o Fascicolo:
1
Intervallo pagine:
91-115
Parole chiave:
Climate Change; Comparative Law; Law and the Humanities; Strategic Formalism
Breve descrizione dei contenuti:
This article addresses how climate change triggers relevant transformations in the realm of the law and affects our politico-legal paradigms. To this end, it delivers cross-disciplinary research by focusing on a non-fictional literary genre, i.e. climate-change pop-science, which has arisen very recently. The article also explores the concept of ‘strategic formalism’, i.e. a strategic legal device unable to govern societal concerns. On the one hand, it shapes our approach to climate change and migration; on the other, it adapts ecological issues to the ‘traditional’ legal framework. Against this background, the article argues that non-fictional texts also reflect the ideas of the most active forces within society, and fuel dynamism when tackling the ecological crisis. In a time of climate change, these forces stir strategic formalism, and make the law act as a bridge linking our troubled reality to an inclusive future.
Nicolini, M,
Law, the Humanities and Political Incertitude in a Time of Climate Change«Legalities. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Law and Society»
, vol. 1
, n. 1
, 2021
, pp. 91-115