"The Global Ecological Integrity Group has gathered leading scholars of science, ethics, law and other disciplines to consider some of the most challenging environmental issues we face. These thought-provoking essays underscore the complexity of the ethical and policy imperatives of achieving ecological integrity. In particular, they guide us on the conceptual and institutional changes needed to promote democratic governance, a crucial basis for a just and sustainable future."—Professor Benjamin J. Richardson, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto"This book enters the vastly contested contemporary and international conversation on the meaning of democracy. It addresses two essential ingredients which are often missing: the capacity of democracy, actually existing, and normatively considered, to preserve the ecological integrity of the biosphere, and the complicated but vital relationship between democracy and international law. The editors and contributors to this amazingly rich volume are united in the understanding that the meaning and institutions of actually existing 'democracy' must be transformed if this term is to indicate a form of governance which is adequate to the challenges which stand before 21st century global civilization."—Stephen Rowe, Professor of Philosophy and Liberal Studies, Grand Valley State University"There is perhaps no issue that is more neglected yet more critical for the flourishing of Earth's community than the intersection of democracy, ecology, and law. This book is ground breaking and dialogue changing. It stands alone as an important contribution, not simply because of the high quality of the essays but because of the pressing concerns they share."—Mary Evelyn Tucker, Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale University