A Barrister for the Earth: Ten Cases of Hope for Our Future

With eagle-eyed scrutiny and boundless determination, Monica Feria-Tinta puts corporate greed and government inaction in the dock and shows how nature and the forgotten people who nurture it can triumph. Her David and Goliath tales read like a long-awaited vindication for the earth and shows how the law could be our planet's greatest hope. I was punching the air as I read this powerful, inspiring book.

Spanning the globe in defence of wild places and their living beings, A Barrister for the Earth reads like a manifesto for resisting the way things are in the world right now. And in writing this fascinating and compelling book, Monica Feria-Tinta shows us that action is the best antidote to all that stands in the way of a richer, more equal and flourishing way of being. A vital book for our times.

From her chambers in London, one of Britain’s most dazzling legal minds is taking on the challenge of a lifetime.

Law could be our planet's greatest hope. I was punching the air as I read this powerful, inspiring book.

Fascinating and compelling . . . A vital book for our times.

A fascinating and deeply personal account of how the law can make a real difference for the protection of the rights of endangered communities and of nature itself.