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Protesting against climate breakdown: novel legal options
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Richardson, BJ, Protesting against climate breakdown: novel legal options, Australian Environment Review, 35, (1) pp. 21-25. ISSN 1035-137X (2020) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Likewise, today some climate activists assert this defence against charges of trespass, property damage and other misdemeanours connected to their civil disobedience. Participants in the Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement and other anti-fossil fuel groups who are blockading trains, locking on to gates or doing mass "die-ins" in public spaces, believe they are justified in flouting the law to prevent the breakdown of the global climate. In other words, they see that acting for this cause is a necessity outweighing any temporary inconvenience or nuisance to others. This article assesses recent judicial consideration in Australia and abroad of the climate emergency as a necessity defence.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | climate change, emergency, protesting, criminal law |
Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
Research Group: | Environmental and resources law |
Research Field: | Environmental law |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Justice and the law |
Objective Field: | Criminal justice |
UTAS Author: | Richardson, BJ (Professor Benjamin Richardson) |
ID Code: | 141554 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Deposited By: | Office of the Faculty of Law |
Deposited On: | 2020-10-28 |
Last Modified: | 2021-04-29 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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