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  • The Ecology of Law

  • Toward a Legal System in Tune with Nature and Community
  • By: Fritjof Capra, Ugo Mattei
  • Narrated by: Jeff Hoyt
  • Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (22 ratings)

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The Ecology of Law

By: Fritjof Capra, Ugo Mattei
Narrated by: Jeff Hoyt
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At the root of many of the environmental, economic, and social crises we face today is a legal system based on an outdated worldview. In this groundbreaking book, best-selling author, physicist, and systems theorist Fritjof Capra and distinguished legal scholar Ugo Mattei show how, by incorporating concepts from modern science, the law can become an integral part of bringing about a better world.

This is the first book to trace the fascinating parallel history of law and science from antiquity to modern times, showing how the two disciplines have always influenced each other - until recently. In the past few years, the scientific paradigm has shifted dramatically, from seeing the natural world as a kind of cosmic machine to understanding it as a network of fluidly interacting communities. But law is stuck in a mechanistic, 17th-century view that the world is made up of discrete individual parts. This has led to legal theory focusing on these parts and ignoring the bigger picture - for example, elevating the rights of individual property owners over the good of the community.

But Capra and Mattei outline the basic concepts and structures of a legal order consistent with the ecological principles that sustain life on this planet. This is a profound and visionary reconceptualization of the very foundations of the Western legal system, with profound implications for the future of our planet.

©2015 Fritjof Capra and Ugo Mattei (P)2015 Fritjof Capra and Ugo Mattei
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Everybody should read this book

This book should be mandatory reading in schools world wide. This book gives me hope that mankind will eventually grow up and learn to live in tune with nature.

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I must read or listen book for everyone

very informative and eye-opening. excellent narration.I highly recommend this book to anyone from high school through University interested in aspects of law and environmental concerns.

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Not worth the read

I found this to be one of the worst books I have ever read. The argument it tries to make is weaker than Mere Christianity. Some of the historical overview of legal history is nice, but the author’s attempt to paint the legal development as against nature is unconvincing and often contradicting. Then, the author does not provide a path to developing a legal system more in line with his ideas of a natural order.

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