Uznanie osobowości prawnej Mar Menor i jej dorzecza jako przykład implementacji koncepcji Rights of Nature w Europie
Recognition of the legal personality of the Mar Menor and its basin as an example of implementation of the concept of Rights of Nature in Europe

Summary/Abstract: Law 19/2022 of September 30, granting legal personality to the Mar Menor and its basin, provides the given ecosystem with three fundamental guarantees of legal personality in legal and operational terms, as formulated by C. Stone in his essay "Should Trees Have Standing?", and also serves as an example of practical application of the concept of Rights of Nature, which goes beyond traditional models of environmental protection within the European legal order. The text provides basic introductory information on the concept of the Rights of Nature, describes the unique ecological conditions of the lagoon and the threats posed by human activity to the fragile Mar Menor ecosystem, as well as outlines and analyses two legal acts that are central to the topic of this paper. The Mar Menor Act partially implements the principles of legal personhood as defined by Stone. The concept of the Rights of Nature goes beyond the traditional approach to environmental protection, and the Act itself serves as a practical example of its implementation within the European legal system. The study primarily employed historical-legal and empirical-legal research methods.

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