Sökning: "Animal Law theory"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 21 uppsatser innehållade orden Animal Law theory.
1. Sentient Objects — A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential of Animals as Legal Subjects
Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionenSammanfattning : The sentience of animals has been scientifically proven since the nineteenth century, which has led to changes in our attitude towards animals and to the proliferation of anti-cruelty laws. But despite the rise of an Animal Law discipline, animal rights organisations’ attempting to elevate the legal status of animals, and several recent European legislative changes categorising animals as “non-things”, the legal status of a person has not yet been extended to animals. LÄS MER
2. Neo-republicanism as a framework for a political theory of animal protection - An evaluation of Philip Pettit’s neo-republican theory of freedom and its potential for extending justice to non-human animals
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Non-human animals are often excluded from contemporary political theories, much to their detriment in terms of welfare and protection. The ‘political turn’ is a subset of animal ethicists concerned with moving beyond motivating moral status and instead discussing the politics of a shared human-animal society. LÄS MER
3. Process and Meaning : A Coverian Analysis of Animal Defenders International v. UK and the Procedural Turn of the ECtHR
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenSammanfattning : In this thesis, the legal theory of Robert Cover is employed to analyse the procedural turn of the ECtHR. The text studies how Animal Defenders International v. the United Kingdom (ADI) and subsequent case law relate to the margin of appreciation doctrine and how this can be understood from a Coverian point of view. LÄS MER
4. Ingen liten sak? : En rättsanalys av djurens juridiska status som egendom i våld i nära relationer
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenSammanfattning : This paper aims to examine how the legal status of animals as property affect them and their owners in the context of domestic abuse, and to answer the question of whether it would be appropriate to change this. Several methods are used, most notably the legal dogmatic, legal analytic, and socio-legal. A feminist perspective is also applied. LÄS MER
5. Respect for animals - with what implications? : A critical policy analysis of the Swedish Animal Welfare Act
Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : In this thesis I interrogate the concept of respect for animals, or intrinsic value, in the new Swedish Animal Welfare Act adopted in 2018. I draw on poststructural theory and conceptual input from political theory as well as Martha Nussbaum’s capability approach. LÄS MER
