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Eradicating Ecocide
Wanton destruction of the planet is criminal, and Polly Higgins shows readers how, why, and what to do about it. Using varied but tight arguments the author advocates swift and rapid legal action, policy change, and legislation. The author argues that ecocide must be reframed as a legal as well as ethical infraction. Although told primarily from a British perspective, Higgins' (2010) core arguments and cases can be adopted to suit the legal climates of other nations. The specific case law references might change, but the overall concepts are similar, allowing for a truly global, synchronous response to the ecocide crisis.
Current legal climates protect and foster business. Higgins (2010) points out how laws are constructed to protect, for example, "the right to emit, the right to be inequitable, the freedom to destroy the planet," (p. 4). Higgins' (2010) tone is justifiably angry given the essentially amoral values inherent in a profit-driven ethic that prevails. The author...
The resulting contextual analysis is rich, and provides the means by which to construct well-educated arguments that can be used inside or out of a courtroom.
Therefore, Higgins's (2010) book proves useful from a variety of disciplinary standpoints. Ecocide is, in fact, a multidisciplinary issue in which science, the law, ethics, economics, and politics converge. It is helpful to offer readers legal explanations for why the commodification of the planet has gone unchecked. The underlying social norms and values are also discussed in Eradicating Ecocide.
There are no glaring weaknesses in the Higgins (2010) text. The author's writing style is straightforward, even during parts heavy with legalese. Most of the issues are discussed in plain language. One main question is who Higgins's (2010) target audience might be. At times, the angry tone of the book makes it…
However, we must begin somewhere. Higgins at least accomplishes the goals the author sets out to do in Eradicating Ecocide. The principles of the book are sound, and there are no noticeable local fallacies. Drawing on legal and political root causes of ecocide, the author presents a case that is in many ways air tight and incontrovertible. The problem now is getting on board the people at the top of the totem pole, who are in the greatest positions of power to create change.
Reference
Higgins, P. (2010). Eradicating Ecocide. Shepheard-Walwyn.
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