Revealing mangrove place law through a critique of critical plant studies, non-human philosophy and non-human legal theory
My thesis occupies a liminal zone between critical plant studies, non-human philosophy and emerging legal theories such as ecolaw to consider the normative lives of mangroves, as individuals and communities, their connections to place and the impact mangroves have beyond their physical territories. The thesis goes beyond the attribution of mangrove rights in a human-centric legal system to embrace the perspective of mangroves. To achieve a mangrove perspective, insights from critical plant studies, non-human philosophy and ethnographic fieldwork are employed. Mangrove place law is a concept capturing, for sessile beings, the material significance of place. Law arises from the connections and normative relations existing within and extending beyond material places occupied by mangrove communities.
Supervisors
- Professor Kieran Tranter
- Dr Catherine Carol
- Dr Nigel Stobbs
- Professor Afshin Akhtar-Khavari