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Simian Selves: From the Mirror Test to Habeas Corpus [PDF]
AnimalsThis paper traces the historical transformation of the scientific and legal conceptions of nonhuman primates’ minds from the nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the emergence of self-awareness as a criterion for legal protection.
Shira Shmuely
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Chattel or Child: The Liminal Status of Companion Animals in Society and Law
Social Sciences, 2019 Companion animals in the U.S. are increasingly regarded as members of the family with whom one may share a strong emotional bond. However, despite an evolving social construction that has elevated their status in the dominant culture, companion animals ...
Nicole R. Pallotta
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Towards An Agency Turn in Animal Law. [PDF]
Oxf J Leg StudAbstract The article proposes an agency turn in animal law, following in the footsteps of the political agency turn in animal ethics. The law currently operates on the assumption that animals are passive non-agents, which is reflected in the nature of their legal representation as voiceless and incompetent.
Kurki VAJ, Siemieniec P.
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Reflecting on 25 Years of Teaching Animal Law: Is it Time for an International Crime of Animal Ecocide? [PDF]
Liverp Law Rev, 2020 Legge D, Brooman S.
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Frontiers in Animal Science, 2022 Nature of reform to animal welfare legislation in Australia has commonly been attributed to increasing alignment with the ‘communities’ expectations’, implying that the community has power in driving legislative change.
Rochelle Morton +3 more
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Protecting Canada’s Lab Animals: The Need for Legislation
Animals, 2022 Canada’s current non-legislated oversight system for animal-based science not only fails to adequately incentivize the replacement of sentient animals as best scientific practice in any meaningful way, but also fails to adequately protect those animals ...
Vaughan Black +2 more
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Is One Health a Viable Strategy in Animal Health Litigation: Evidence from Civil Lawsuits in China
Animals, 2021 Several litigation strategies are used to gain support from courts in order to protect animals. While the emerging litigation strategy themed in One Health stimulates judicial protection in the animal health sector, little is known about whether and how ...
Kai Wu, Ying Yu, Chen Chen, Zheming Fu
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From the Five Freedoms to a more holistic perspective on animal welfare in the Dutch Animals Act
Frontiers in Animal Science, 2023 One of the aims of the Dutch Animals Act is to protect animal welfare. The assumption that animal welfare risks are managed and mitigated by the Act, however, has not been studied before. The aim of this paper is to evaluate whether or not animal welfare
Annika M. Voogt +3 more
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Animals, 2020 Promoting animal welfare is one of the basic tenets of the veterinary profession and, in doing so, veterinarians are expected to abide to the highest legal and professional standards.
Manuel Magalhães-Sant'Ana +2 more
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Animals, 2022 Media portrayals of animal cruelty can shape public understanding and perception of animal welfare law. Given that animal welfare law in Australia is guided partially by ‘community expectations’, the media might indirectly be influencing recent reform ...
Rochelle Morton +3 more
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