The Turning Point in Private Law Ecology, Technology and the Commons

The Turning Point in Private Law

Ecology, Technology and the Commons

Ugo Mattei, Alessandra Quarta

Can private law assume an ecological meaning? Can property and contract defend nature? Is tort law an adequate tool for paying environmental damages to future generations? The Turning Point in Private Law explores potential resolutions to these questions, analyzing the evolution of legal thinking in relation to the topics of legal personality, property, contract and tort. The authors pose a suggested list of basic principles for a new, ecological legal system in which private law represents a valid ally for defending our future.

(Subjects: private law, contracts, property, torts, personality, ecology, environmental law)