Animal Rights Law

Author : Maneesha Deckha
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781487538255

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Animals as Legal Beings by Maneesha Deckha Pdf

In Animals as Legal Beings, Maneesha Deckha critically examines how Canadian law and, by extension, other legal orders around the world, participate in the social construction of the human-animal divide and the abject rendering of animals as property. Through a rigorous but cogent analysis, Deckha calls for replacing the exploitative property classification for animals with a new transformative legal status or subjectivity called "beingness." In developing a new legal subjectivity for animals, one oriented toward respecting animals for who they are rather than their proximity to idealized versions of humanness, Animals as Legal Beings seeks to bring critical animal theorizations and animal law closer together. Throughout, Deckha draws upon the feminist animal care tradition, as well as feminist theories of embodiment and relationality, postcolonial theory, and critical animal studies. Her argument is critical of the liberal legal view of animals and directed at a legal subjectivity for animals attentive to their embodied vulnerability, and desirous of an animal-friendly cultural shift in the core foundations of anthropocentric legal systems. Theoretically informed yet accessibly presented, Animals as Legal Beings makes a significant contribution to an array of interdisciplinary debates and is an innovative and astute argument for a meaningful more-than-human turn in law and policy.

Author : Deborah Cao,Steven White
Publisher : Springer
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319268187

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Animal Law and Welfare - International Perspectives by Deborah Cao,Steven White Pdf

This book focuses on animal laws and animal welfare in major jurisdictions in the world, including the more developed legal regimes for animal protection of the US, UK, Australia, the EU and Israel, and the regulatory regimes still developing in China, South Africa, and Brazil. It offers in-depth analyses and discussions of topical and important issues in animal laws and animal welfare, and provides a comprehensive and comparative snapshot of some of the most important countries in the world in terms of animal population and worsening animal cruelty. Among the issues discussed are international law topics that relate to animals, including the latest WTO ruling on seal products and the EU ban, the Blackfish story and US law for cetaceans, the wildlife trafficking and crimes related to Africa and China, and historical and current animal protection laws in the UK and Australia. Bringing together the disciplines of animal law and animal welfare science as well as ethics and criminology with contributions from some of the most prominent animal welfare scientists and animal law scholars in the world, the book considers the strengths and failings of existing animal protection law in different parts of the world. In doing so it draws more attention to animal protection as a moral and legal imperative and to crimes against animals as a serious crime.

Author : David Favre
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781839100635

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The Future of Animal Law by David Favre Pdf

This unique book establishes potential future avenues within the law to enhance the welfare of animals and grant them recognised legal status. Charting the direction of the animal-human relationship for future generations, it explores the core concepts of property law to demonstrate how change is possible for domestic animals. As an ethical context for future developments the concept of a ‘right of place’ is proposed and developed.

Author : Anne Peters
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Animal welfare
ISBN : 9783662607565

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Studies in Global Animal Law by Anne Peters Pdf

This open access book contains 13 contributions on global animal law, preceded by an introduction which explains key concepts and methods. Global Animal Law refers to the sum of legal rules and principles (both state-made and non-state-made) governing the interaction between humans and other animals, on a domestic, local, regional, and international level. Global animal law is the response to the mismatch between almost exclusively national animal-related legislation on the one hand, and the global dimension of the animal issue on the other hand. The chapters lay some historical foundations in the ius naturae et gentium, examine various aspects of how national and international law traditionally deals with animals as commodity; and finally suggest new legal concepts and protective strategies. The book shows numerous entry points for animal issues in international law and at the same time shifts the focus and scope of inquiry.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Animal experimentation
ISBN : UCR:31210006691255

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Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act; and Enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture Pdf

Author : Cass R. Sunstein,Martha C. Nussbaum
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0198034733

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Animal Rights by Cass R. Sunstein,Martha C. Nussbaum Pdf

Cass Sunstein and Martha Nussbaum bring together an all-star cast of contributors to explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it. Addressing ethical questions about ownership, protection against unjustified suffering, and the ability of animals to make their own choices free from human control, the authors offer numerous different perspectives on animal rights and animal welfare. They show that whatever one's ultimate conclusions, the relationship between human beings and nonhuman animals is being fundamentally rethought. This book offers a state-of-the-art treatment of that rethinking.

Author : Paul Waldau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199739967

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Animal Rights by Paul Waldau Pdf

A survey of animal rights issues addresses a variety of topics surrounding research animals, companion animals, wild animals, work animals, and animals used for food, as well as discussing the animal rights movement and its key figures and organizations.

Author : Stanford Environmental Law Society
Publisher : Stanford Environmental Law Soc
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 0804738432

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The Endangered Species Act by Stanford Environmental Law Society Pdf

This handbook is a guide to the federal Endangered Species Act, the primary U.S. law aimed at protecting species of animals and plants from human threats to their survival. It is intended for lawyers, government agency employees, students, community activists, businesspeople, and any citizen who wants to understand the Act--its history, provisions, accomplishments, and failures.

Author : Gary L. Francione,Robert Garner
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780231526692

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The Animal Rights Debate by Gary L. Francione,Robert Garner Pdf

Gary L. Francione is a law professor and leading philosopher of animal rights theory. Robert Garner is a political theorist specializing in the philosophy and politics of animal protection. Francione maintains that we have no moral justification for using nonhumans and argues that because animals are property or economic commodities laws or industry practices requiring "humane" treatment will, as a general matter, fail to provide any meaningful level of protection. Garner favors a version of animal rights that focuses on eliminating animal suffering and adopts a protectionist approach, maintaining that although the traditional animal-welfare ethic is philosophically flawed, it can contribute strategically to the achievement of animal-rights ends. As they spar, Francione and Garner deconstruct the animal protection movement in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and elsewhere, discussing the practices of such organizations as PETA, which joins with McDonald's and other animal users to "improve" the slaughter of animals. They also examine American and European laws and campaigns from both the rights and welfare perspectives, identifying weaknesses and strengths that give shape to future legislation and action.

Author : Anne Peters
Publisher : Pocket Books of the Hague Acad
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Law
ISBN : 900446624X

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Animals in International Law by Anne Peters Pdf

Chapter I. Animals : a topic for international law --Chapter II. An overview of international rules on animals --Chapter III. The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling : dead or alive? --Chapter IV. Farm animals in the law of the European Union --Chapter V. Animals in international trade law --Chapter VI. Animals in the law of armed conflict --Chapter VII. Towards international animal rights --Chapter VIII. Towards a global animal protection law.

Author : Tom Regan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520054601

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The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan Pdf

THE argument for animal rights, a classic since its appearance in 1983, from the moral philosophical point of view. With a new preface.

Author : Elizabeth Tyson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030500429

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Licensing Laws and Animal Welfare by Elizabeth Tyson Pdf

This book considers the efficacy of the common regulatory model of the licensing regime as a means of regulating animal use in England, with a particular focus on wild animals and the regime’s ability to ensure animal welfare needs are met. Using information gleaned from over 550 inspection reports relating to the period 2008 through 2019, obtained using FOI Act requests, the book analyses the extent to which animals used by these industries are protected by law. Tyson analyses the limitations present in the practical application of English legislation responsible for creating a number of relevant licensing regimes.The regimes discussed include: The Zoo Licensing Act 1981, the now repealed Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses Regulations 2012, and the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) Regulations 2018, introduced under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Exploring the weakness in the use of this type of regulatory model, Tyson proposes compelling recommendations for change in future policy development. Making an important contribution to the question of enforcement of animal welfare laws, this book provides useful and original insights into the implementation of licensing regimes, and will be of particular interest to scholars of animal welfare law, animal ethics, and critical animal studies.

Author : David S. Favre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105064239317

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Animal Law by David S. Favre Pdf

This innovative book explores the emerging area of animal rights law. Animal Law: Welfare, Interest, and Rights asks the question, 'What are the arguments for animal rights as a matter of philosophy and at law?' David Favre, a well-known figure in

Author : Angus Nurse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317180821

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Animal Harm by Angus Nurse Pdf

Why do people harm, injure, torture and kill animals? This book evaluates the reasons why these crimes are committed and outlines the characteristics of the animal offender. It considers ethical and value judgements made about animals and the tacit acknowledgement and justification of unacceptable criminal behaviour towards the harming of animals made by offenders. Situating animal abuse, wildlife crime, illegal wildlife trading and other unlawful activities directed at animals firmly within Green Criminology, the book contends that this is a distinct, multi-dimensional type of criminality which persists despite the introduction of relevant legislation. Taking a broad approach, the book considers the killing and harming of animals in an international context and examines the effectiveness of current legislation, policy and sentencing. Including a section on further reading and useful organizations, this book is a valuable exploration into perspectives on the responsibility owed by man to animals as part of broader ecological and legal concerns. It will interest criminologists, ecologists, animal protectionists and those interested in law and society and law and the environment.

Author : Janice Cox,Sabine Lennkh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692803157

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Model Animal Welfare Act by Janice Cox,Sabine Lennkh Pdf

This Model Animal Welfare Act has been designed to serve as a basic template and guidance document for those interested in enacting new legislation or improving existing animal protection legislation. It has been drafted using an extensive comparative law exercise, taking into account 'best practice' in the field. Thus it is aspirational in nature; seeking to provide the best possible structures, systems and provisions to protect the welfare of animals. This may mean that countries which are just starting to establish animal welfare requirements might decide to introduce its provisions progressively. In such cases, a strategic approach (step-wise and prioritised) is recommended. This could also be considered in cases where countries already have structures, systems and provisions that have been introduced gradually over time, but remain less than optimal. The important principle is that each country works progressively towards the best possible protection for the welfare of its animal population, and indeed - as elaborated in the Three Rs approach - the eventual reduction and replacement of any uses of animals which compromise their welfare.The purpose of this Model Animal Welfare Act is to function as an 'umbrella' or 'framework' law. It represents an international unification and harmonisation of animal protection and welfare legislation, which can be adapted or modified - if the circumstances require - in Common Law as well as Civil Law systems. Elements of both legal orders have been considered and incorporated to achieve (as far as possible for the present day) a comprehensive, far-reaching and progressive approach to animal welfare legislation which takes account of the desired expedience when it comes to prevention of animal cruelty and abuse, establishing responsibility and the principle of care towards the animal, promoting the education and sensitisation of the population, as well as offering effective solutions for efficient law enforcement. This Model Act was created in order to govern people's behaviour, while other civil or religious legal systems may take a very different form (for example, be limited to 'codes' or 'edicts'). Nonetheless, elements of this Act can also be used for inspiration in creating, amending or interpreting these.