Studies in Global Animal Law

Studies in Global Animal Law

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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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Peters, Anne (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
Series:Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, 290
Subjects:
Private international law.
Conflict of laws.
International law.
Comparative law.
Law > Philosophy.
Law > History.
Animal welfare > Moral and ethical aspects.
Biodiversity.
Private International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law.
Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.
Animal Ethics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Historical Foundations
  • Rights of and Over Animals in the ius naturae et gentium (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries)
  • On Women and Beasts: Human-Animal Relationships in Sixteenth-Century Thought
  • Animal Colonialism: The Case of Milk
  • Part II: Animals as Commodity
  • Trading in Sacrifice
  • Cross-Border Forms of Animal Use by Indigenous Peoples
  • China's Legal Response to Trafficking in Wild Animals: The Relationship between International Treaties and Chinese Law
  • Corruption Gone Wild: Transnational Criminal Law and the International Trade in Endangered Species
  • Part III
  • New Legal Concepts.-Biodiversity, Species Protection, and Animal Welfare Under International Law
  • Toward International Animal Rights
  • (Certified) Humane Violence? Animal Production, the Ambivalence of Humanizing the Inhumane, and What International Humanitarian Law Has to Do with It
  • Part IV: New Protective Legal Strategies: Trophy Hunting, the Race to the Bottom, and the Law of Jurisdiction
  • Protection of Animals Through Human Rights: The Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights
  • Challenges Regarding the Protection of Animals During Warfare.

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