We review the use of science by lawmakers and courts in implementing or rejecting legal rights for nature in Ecuador, India, the United States, and other jurisdictions where some type of rights of nature have been recognized in the legal system. We then use the “right to evolve” to exemplify how interdisciplinary work can (i) help courts effectively define what this right might entail; (ii) inform how it might be applied in different circumstances; and (iii) provide a template for how scientists and legal scholars can generate the interdisciplinary scholarship necessary to understand and implement the growing body of rights-of-nature laws, and environmental law more generally. We conclude by pointing to what further research is needed to understand and effectively implement the growing body of rights-of-nature laws.

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科学与自然的合法权利

我们审查了立法者和法院在厄瓜多尔、印度、美国和其他法律体系承认某些类型的自然权利的司法管辖区实施或拒绝自然的合法权利时使用科学的情况。然后，我们使用“进化权”来举例说明跨学科工作如何（i）帮助法院有效地定义这项权利可能涉及的内容；(ii) 告知如何在不同情况下应用它；(iii) 为科学家和法律学者如何产生理解和实施不断增长的自然权利法和更普遍的环境法所必需的跨学科奖学金提供模板。最后，我们指出需要进一步的研究来理解和有效实施不断增长的自然权利法体系。