Rooted in legal theory and environmental studies, this thesis aims to (re)define the
‘population problem’ and related regulatory resolutions in constructive and clear terms,
within a broad concept of 'law’. Green legal theory, wicked problem theory, and legal
pluralism viewed from a wide-angle, first-person perspective, are applied together. To
control birth rates and consumption demands in Canada/America, state-made laws are not
central. We are ruled by rules: Certain law-like non-state rules aim to prod procreation
and consumption ever-upward. Materially speaking, Can-American population numbers
and consumption/waste form one inseparable factor relevant to global ecological
degradation, and ‘legally’ speaking, specific religious doctrine amounts to 'population-UP
control' and specific economic dogma 'consumption-UP control'. Together, these
material and ‘legal’ factors form a wicked problem called ‘population demands.’ This
problem formulation points away from state-made resolutions. Instead, the author
recommends deconstructing degrading rules from the bottom-up and, in relation to
consumption-UP control, reforming social norms. / Graduate / 0398 / 0768 / 0938
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/4911 |
| Date | 04 September 2013 |
| Creators | Large, Michael |
| Contributors | M'Gonigle, R. Michael |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | Available to the World Wide Web |
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