Law, legitimacy and activism in the Anthropocene

Cristy Clark

Law, legitimacy and activism in the Anthropocene

Cristy Clark

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Abstract

In the first episode of The Handmaid's Tale, Offred reflects on how she and her fellow Handmaids found themselves in their current predicament - living in a world where a small group of elites have rewritten the law in line with an inhumane and brutally enforced ideology.

'When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists, and suspended the Constitution, we didn't wake up then either. Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you knew it.'

Original language	English
Pages	3-9
Number of pages	7
Volume	88
No.	4
Specialist publication	Australian Quarterly
Publication status	Published - Oct 2017
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Law, legitimacy and activism in the Anthropocene

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