Animal Rights Law

Informationen zum Autor Raffael N Fasel is Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, UK, and a Senior Researcher in Law at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Sean C Butler is a Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge, UK, and Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, UK. Klappentext Do animals have legal rights? This pioneering book tells readers everything they need to know about animal rights law. Using straightforward examples from over 30 legal systems from both the civil and common law traditions, and based on popular courses run by the authors at the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights, the book takes the reader from the earliest anti-cruelty laws to modern animal welfare laws, to recent attempts to grant basic rights and personhood to animals. To help readers understand this legal evolution, it explains the ethics, legal theory, and social issues behind animal rights and connected topics such as property, subjecthood, dignity, and human rights. The book's companion website (bloomsbury.pub/animal-rights-law) provides access to briefs on the latest developments in this fast-changing area, and gives readers the tools to investigate their own legal systems with a list of key references to the latest cases, legislation, and jurisdiction-specific bibliographic references. Rich in exercises and study aids, this easy-to-use introduction is a prime resource for students from all disciplines and for anyone else who wants to understand how animals are protected by the law. Vorwort The first to map the field of animal rights law, this user-friendly book explores the rights of animals in all key legal, ethical, and social dimensions. Zusammenfassung Do animals have legal rights? This pioneering book tells readers everything they need to know about animal rights law.Using straightforward examples from over 30 legal systems from both the civil and common law traditions, and based on popular courses run by the authors at the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights, the book takes the reader from the earliest anti-cruelty laws to modern animal welfare laws, to recent attempts to grant basic rights and personhood to animals. To help readers understand this legal evolution, it explains the ethics, legal theory, and social issues behind animal rights and connected topics such as property, subjecthood, dignity, and human rights. The book's companion website (bloomsbury.pub/animal-rights-law) provides access to briefs on the latest developments in this fast-changing area, and gives readers the tools to investigate their own legal systems with a list of key references to the latest cases, legislation, and jurisdiction-specific bibliographic references.Rich in exercises and study aids, this easy-to-use introduction is a prime resource for students from all disciplines and for anyone else who wants to understand how animals are protected by the law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments List of Figures Table of Cases Table of Legislation Introduction 1. The Current Legal Status of Animals 1. Introduction2. The Property Status of Animals3. Legislation Protecting Animals4. Constitutional Law5. International Law6. Animal Protection Laws in Practice7. Conclusion 2. Welfarism vs. Abolitionism, a Dichotomy? 1. Introduction2. Classic Welfarism3. Abolitionism4. New Welfarism5. Beyond the Dichotomy6. Conclusion 3. Philosophical Foundations of Animal Rights 1. Introduction2. Peter Singer's Utilitarianism3. Tom Regan's Deontological Approach4. Martha Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach5. Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka's Political Theory6. Critical Approaches to Animal Rights7. Conclusion 4. The Legal Theory of Animal Rights 1. Introduction2. Are Animals Fit to Have Legal Rights?3. Do Animals Already Have Legal Rights?4. Would Animals ...

I think this is an absolutely fantastic book and will be a great resource for students.

Auteur
Raffael N Fasel is Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, UK, and a Senior Researcher in Law at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Sean C Butler is a Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge, UK, and Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, UK.

Résumé
Do animals have legal rights? This pioneering book tells readers everything they need to know about animal rights law. Using straightforward examples from over 30 legal systems from both the civil and common law traditions, and based on popular courses run by the authors at the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights, the book takes the reader from the earliest anti-cruelty laws to modern animal welfare laws, to recent attempts to grant basic rights and personhood to animals. To help readers understand this legal evolution, it explains the ethics, legal theory, and social issues behind animal rights and connected topics such as property, subjecthood, dignity, and human rights. The book's companion website (bloomsbury.pub/animal-rights-law) provides access to briefs on the latest developments in this fast-changing area, and gives readers the tools to investigate their own legal systems with a list of key references to the latest cases, legislation, and jurisdiction-specific bibliographic references. Rich in exercises and study aids, this easy-to-use introduction is a prime resource for students from all disciplines and for anyone else who wants to understand how animals are protected by the law.

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Acknowledgments List of Figures Table of Cases Table of Legislation Introduction 1. The Current Legal Status of Animals 1. Introduction 2. The Property Status of Animals 3. Legislation Protecting Animals 4. Constitutional Law 5. International Law 6. Animal Protection Laws in Practice 7. Conclusion 2. Welfarism vs. Abolitionism, a Dichotomy? 1. Introduction 2. Classic Welfarism 3. Abolitionism 4. New Welfarism 5. Beyond the Dichotomy 6. Conclusion 3. Philosophical Foundations of Animal Rights 1. Introduction 2. Peter Singer's Utilitarianism 3. Tom Regan's Deontological Approach 4. Martha Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach 5. Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka's Political Theory 6. Critical Approaches to Animal Rights 7. Conclusion 4. The Legal Theory of Animal Rights 1. Introduction 2. Are Animals Fit to Have Legal Rights? 3. Do Animals Already Have Legal Rights? 4. Would Animals Need to Become Legal Persons? 5. Conclusion 5. Animal Rights and Human Rights 1. Introduction 2. Should Only Humans Have Human Rights? 3. Should Animals Have Similar Rights to Humans? 4. How Could Human and Animal Rights Be Reconciled Legally? 5. Conclusion 6. Animal Rights in Litigation 1. Introduction 2. Animals and the Issue of Legal Standing to Bring an Action 3. Animals as Subjects of Habeas Corpus 4. Fundamental Rights and Personhood Litigation Beyond Habeas Corpus 5. Conclusion 7. Animal Rights in Legislation 1. Introduction 2. Domestic Proposals for Animal Rights Laws 3. International Proposals for Animal Rights Laws 4. Drafting Animal Rights Laws 5. Conclusion 8. Animal Rights as a Social Justice Movement 1. Introduction 2. The Animal Rights Movement as Abolitionist 3. Animal Rights and Connections with Other Rights Movements 4. Learning Lessons 5. Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Index