Bridging Wild and Written Law: Reconciling India’s Ecological Realities with Legal Frameworks

Name of Author : Mr. Cijo Christober. J

Abstract: The relationship between nature and law represents one of the most urgent yet insufficiently studied aspects of modern legal studies. The Indian legal system fails to handle the intricate relationships between natural systems which develop at their own pace because environmental destruction continues to grow with economic development. The article investigates how nature and law interact which originated from human-centered property rights systems to present-day systems that recognize environmental rights and the inherent worth of nature. The authors show that traditional legal methods which depend on binary systems and fixed procedures and chronological order are unsuitable for addressing ecological systems which function through continuous change and interconnectedness and cyclical time patterns. The article analyzes Indian constitutional provisions and judicial innovations together with statutory frameworks to show how legal formalism creates ongoing conflicts with ecological systems. The study recommends legal pathways to transform environmental protection through precautionary principles and intergenerational equity and ecocentric jurisprudence as vital solutions for handling environmental emergencies during the Anthropocene period.

Keywords : ecocentric jurisprudence, environmental personhood, intergenerational equity, precautionary principle, Anthropocene

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