“Conjuring sentient beings and relations in the law: Rights of nature and a comparative praxis of legal cosmologies in Latin America”

Vargas Roncancio explores how legal systems in Latin America are beginning to reflect cosmologies that treat nature as sentient and relational. Courts and communities alike are crafting new legal imaginaries where rivers, forests, and animals are understood as rights-bearing entities. This chapter offers a comparative look at how diverse cultural and legal traditions come together to challenge dominant legal paradigms.