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Abstract
La critical and academic reflection on the relationship between law and violence is fundamentally complex. A first basic approach could be based on the theory of sources of law, whether in terms of material sources (e.g. violence as an interdisciplinary phenomenon 1) or formal sources (e.g. doctrines: human rights and violence; legislation and case-law: criminal sanctions for violent behaviour). From our disciplinary perspective, 4 this approach leads us to thematic considerations such as peace in opposition to violence and, in that regard, the imperative to address concepts of pacifism and non-violence, which will serve as a basis for postulating formalised (legal) expressions of violence and environment5. In this regard, the culture of non-violence is nurtured and deeply rooted in environmental movements (ecopacifism), with one of its mentors being Gandhi, Schumacher, and Einstein itself – we would add to the Russian ‘old’ – Vandana Shiva in recent times, to name a few.