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Nature as an Ancestor: Two Examples of Legal Personality for Nature in New Zealand

Catherine J. Iorns Magallanes · VertigO, hors-série 22 · 2015

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Catherine J. Iorns Magallanes
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2026-09-01

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TheoryA 2015 legal commentary argued that vesting title to the riverbed in the river fits the claim within existing property law but only partly reflects the iwi view of the river as an indivisible whole, since title covers the bed, not the water.