Formless infinite: Law beyond the Anthropocene and the Earth System

TY - CHAP

T1 - Formless infinite

T2 - Law beyond the Anthropocene and the Earth System

AU - Cirkovic, Elena

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Vincent Chapaux, Frédéric Mégret and Usha Natarajan; individual chapters, the contributors.

PY - 2023/1

Y1 - 2023/1

N2 - The ongoing anthropogenic environmental degradation in outer space is unpredictable and disruptive. A new understanding of the cosmic and post-anthropocentric politico-juridical space—or the ‘cosmolegal’—might provide an alternative framework. The ‘cosmolegal’ argument responds to the ‘cosmic’ need to rethink the anthropogenic self-understanding of humanity's law because humanity has been approaching the ‘infinity’ of space with a legal consciousnesses firmly rooted in terrestrial human values. This approach needs to change due to the unknown and known consequences of the rapidly expanding human presence in outer space.

AB - The ongoing anthropogenic environmental degradation in outer space is unpredictable and disruptive. A new understanding of the cosmic and post-anthropocentric politico-juridical space—or the ‘cosmolegal’—might provide an alternative framework. The ‘cosmolegal’ argument responds to the ‘cosmic’ need to rethink the anthropogenic self-understanding of humanity's law because humanity has been approaching the ‘infinity’ of space with a legal consciousnesses firmly rooted in terrestrial human values. This approach needs to change due to the unknown and known consequences of the rapidly expanding human presence in outer space.

U2 - 10.4324/9781003201120-21

DO - 10.4324/9781003201120-21

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85162723372

SN - 9780367858223

SP - 323

EP - 338

BT - The Routledge Handbook of International Law and Anthropocentrism

PB - Routledge

CY - London

ER -