21/08/2025
🐾【蠻野 #22週年 感恩茶會｜你撐我告，正義報到～系列1】🐾
💥本系列將說明，協會何以「 #訴訟作為核心倡議工具」的靈感來源，以及近期取得行政訴訟上，深具開創指標性判決成果，進而造福不會說人話的野生動物及環境，取得法律及被代理的權利💥
🌎《台灣蠻野心足生態協會》的誕生🌏
☀️靈感源起：當事人適格（訴訟地位／standing）、永續與法律
（中文翻譯/文魯彬原撰英文附於後）
我在就讀法學院一年級時，接觸到一件關於當事人適格（訴訟地位／standing）的美國最高法院案件～塞拉俱樂部(Sierra Club v. Morton)。當時，塞拉俱樂部反對迪士尼在加州一座國家公園毗鄰的私人土地上興建大型主題樂園，理由是此開發將嚴重影響國家公園的品質。最高法院裁定塞拉俱樂部並無當事人適格（訴訟地位／standing），但道格拉斯大法官在其反對意見中引用了耶魯大學法學院教授克里斯多福．史東（Christopher D. Stone）的開創性文章〈Should Trees Have Standing?〉。
史東主張，大自然中的對象~如樹木、河流、整個生態系統~應享有法律權利並能獲得代表。這一觀點對我影響深遠。多年後，當我在 2003 年退出商業法律業務、專注於環境與社會正義時，這篇文章依然是我重要的靈感來源。
☀️為何當事人適格（訴訟地位／standing）至關重要
我對民主制度的理解是：立法者負責制定法律，行政部門負責執行，司法機關則詮釋並確保行政行為符合立法意旨。當行政行為偏離立法目的時，司法審查至關重要。因此，進入法院的權利不僅是一項程序性權利～它本身就是民主的根基，能確保立法目的受到尊重、行政權受到監督，並保障公共利益與環境利益，留給未來世代。
由於立法者與行政官員受任期與政治壓力制約，他們往往將短期利益置於長期環境保護之上。尤其當環境中的非人類要素～森林、海洋、海豚、海龜，甚至蚊子～雖對人類生存至關重要，卻在政治上毫無代表性時，風險更為嚴峻。
基於這樣的認知，我們成立了「台灣蠻野心足生態協會」，並將訴訟作為核心倡議工具。我們的使命是：
✅以最完整的意義推動永續，為非人類與人類的未來世代守護非人類自然。
✅涵蓋並捍衛所有生命的權利與保護，當然包括人類，以及構成人類賴以生存的生態系統中的其他一切生命。
✅運用法律作為工具，平衡政府權力，捍衛公共利益，包括Others（他者）的利益，並透過參與式民主加以落實。
Wild Litigation: Standing, Sustainability, and the Law.
(Robin Winkler 2025/08/13)
In my first year of law school, I encountered Sierra Club v. Morton, a U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed standing to sue. In that case, the Sierra Club sought to block a large Disney theme park development on private land adjacent to a California national park, arguing it would harm the park’s quality. The Court denied the Sierra Club standing, but Justice William O. Douglas’s dissent cited a groundbreaking law review article by Yale Law School Professor Christopher D. Stone, Should Trees Have Standing?
Stone’s argument — that natural objects such as trees, rivers, and ecosystems should have legal rights and representation — deeply influenced me. Decades later, when I left commercial law practice in 2003 to focus on environmental and social justice, that article remained a central inspiration.
Why Standing Matters
I understand that in democracies, legislators enact laws, executives implement them, and courts interpret and ensure adherence to legislative intent. When the executive’s actions deviate from that intent, judicial review becomes essential. Access to the courts is therefore not just a procedural right — it is a foundation of democracy itself, ensuring that legislative purpose is respected, executive power is held accountable, and public and environmental interests are protected for future generations.
Legislators and executive officials, bound by election cycles and political pressures, often prioritize short-term gains over long-term environmental protection. This is especially perilous when the environment’s non-human components — forests, oceans, dolphins, turtles, even mosquitoes — lack political representation despite being essential to human survival.
Recognizing this, we founded the Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association Taiwan with a commitment to litigation as a core advocacy tool. Our mission is to:
🌈Promote sustainability in its fullest sense, safeguarding non-human nature for future generations of non-humans and humans.
🌈Include and champion the rights and protection of all living beings, including, of course, humans, and also all other beings that form the ecological systems upon which we humans depend.
🌈Use the law as an instrument to balance the powers of government and defend public interests, including the interests of the Others, through participatory democracy.
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💖時間：2025.09.13 （六） 13:00-15:30
💖地點：格萊天漾大飯店（台北市萬華區艋舺大道101號13樓）
💖主持人：莫言
💖表演嘉賓：戴曉君 (Sauljalui)
💝報名／支持：https://neti.cc/J4b8we4
