A Barrister for the Earth

Ten Cases of Hope for Our Future

Monica Feria-Tinta

$45

Hardback

Forthcoming
Pre-Order now

QTY:

English

Faber & Faber
22 July 2025

Memoirs; Political ideologies; International law; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Global warming

Can a planet have legal rights? Could it be defended in a court of law? How do we redefine a 'right to life'?

A revolution is taking place. Around the world, ordinary people are turning to courts, seeking justice for environmental wrongs. At the forefront of this movement, pioneering barrister Monica Feria-Tinta advocates not only for people, but also for those who have no voice: for rivers, forests and endangered species.

In A Barrister for the Earth, Feria-Tinta takes us behind the scenes of ten real cases as she argues against the destruction of cloud forests and for sovereign states to account for inaction. Each of these are landmarks signalling that we are at an important juncture, in which the law can be a powerful tool for the lasting change.

By: Monica Feria-Tinta
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9780571386369
ISBN 10: 0571386369
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 22 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Monica Feria-Tinta is a British-Peruvian barrister specialising in Public International Law. She has been called one of 'the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers' in the United Kingdom, and was shortlisted for ""Barrister of the Year"" at The Lawyers' Awards 2020 and at Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2023 for her work in addressing climate change and environmental degradation. In 2020, she acted before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador in Los Cedros case, the first 'Rights of Nature' case in the world. In September 2022 her work as Counsel secured a win in the Torres Strait Islanders case, a landmark moment in which the UN Human Rights Committee found a Sovereign state responsible, for the first time in history, for lack of action in addressing climate change.