Tanasescu examines the rights of nature in terms of its constituent parts. Besides offering a thorough theoretical grounding, the book gives a first detailed overview of the actual cases of rights for nature so far. This is the first comprehensive treatment of the rights of nature to date, both analytically and in terms of actual cases.

Mihnea Tanasescu is a Research Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. He holds an MA in Philosophy (New School for Social Research, USA) and a PhD in Political Science (VUB). His current research focuses on the politics of environmental restoration.