Eigenrechte der Natur

'Rights of Nature. A Necessary or Useful Expansion to Anthropocentic Legal Protection? An Analysis from a Comparative Law and Environmental Ethical Perspective': An analysis of environmental case law within the European and Inter-American human rights systems shows that there is no need for the concept of rights for nature. However, an analysis of the legal systems in Ecuador, Bolivia, New Zealand, Colombia, India, and Spain reveals that this concept serves as a useful complement to anthropocentric legal protection. The findings are systematized into the indirect, combined, and rights-based protection models.