" 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 …

Questions pertaining to the role of nonhumans in law shed light on some of the most
fundamental assumptions and constructions of contemporary modern law. I start by …

This article aims to assess the suitability of the concept of 'animal dignity'as a normative
principle for the legal approach towards animals. Through an analysis of the recent debate …

It is now more than two decades since the Great Ape Project was launched. How does such
a cultural and political initiative fit in the ongoing construction of a politics of animal …

When is a horse not just a pack animal but a criminal accomplice? When is a lamb more
than just livestock, but a form of contraband or a witness in court? Pursuing these questions …

Despite the richness and complexity of these investigations, however, the law and society
community has typically relegated the “question of the animal” to the discourse of animal …

The summa divisio between the person and the thing lies, traditionally, at the very basis of
European private law. In a growing number of European jurisdictions however, provisions …

We can identify a legal vanishing point within neo-materialist and posthumanist approaches—
either explicitly, for example, when things are regarded as political actors or contractual …

Whereas regulation relating to minimum standards of animal welfare is increasingly
uncontroversial in contemporary popular discourse, the same cannot be said of viewing …

More and more frequently national Constitutions and legislative acts or decisions of national
courts recognize specific natural/cultural entities, ecosystems, nature itself and certain …