| ID | 190670 |
| Title Proper | Environmental law with non-human features in India |
| Other Title Information | giving legal personhood to the Ganges |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Nakazora, Moe |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Against the wider backdrop of a global acceleration of Right of Nature (RoN) legal provisions, this article focuses on recent Indian court cases that created legal personhood for the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, to explore why and how this form of legality was created. Based on anthropological fieldwork, the article then critiques contemporary assertions that simply present the Indian judgments as infiltrations of Hindu cosmology into the legal framework, basically ‘saffronisation’ of Indian environmentalism. Deeper analysis reveals the need for interdisciplinary, historically grounded study of processes of law-making and pertinent court rulings produced in Indian environmental jurisprudence. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia Research Vol. 43, No.2; Jul 2023: p.172–191 |
| Journal Source | South Asia Research 2023-07 43, 2 |
| Key Words | Public Interest Litigation ; Environmental Laws ; Ethnography of Law ; Right of Nature ; Saffronisation |