Editors’ response to four reviews of Landscape, Law and Justice—20 Years

Abstract

The four editors of the anthology Landscape, Law and Justice—20 Years have written a joint response to four reviews of the book as part of a Fennia book review forum. Besides giving a short account of the background to the Landscape, Law and Justice project, the response discusses several issues brought up by the reviewers. One issue concerns the degree and character of Nordic-ness in the Landscape, Law and Justice approach. The editors note that the approach, although to a large extent derived from Nordic empirical examples, interacts with international conceptual literature. Further, the approach is not exclusively Nordic but also has relevance for post-colonial situations in the Global South. Other issues discussed in the response include the complexity of terms such as ‘landscape’ and ‘community’, the significance of different types of law ranging from customary law to international law, the relationship between environmental law and legal geography, the need for increased awareness of the entanglements between different concepts of landscape and of law, and the concern with what constitutes landscape justice. The response concludes with a discussion of different ways in which the Landscape, Law and Justice approach is relevant for understanding and finding solutions to present-day and future challenges.