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Editor's Note, Luke Trompeter, Ingrid Lesemann
Editor's Note, Luke Trompeter, Ingrid Lesemann
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
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Animal Rights In The Shadow Of The Constitution, Ariel L. Bendor, Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg
Animal Rights In The Shadow Of The Constitution, Ariel L. Bendor, Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg
Animal Law Review
In this Article, we consider whether granting constitutional protections can improve animal welfare. To that end, we carry out a comparative analysis of legal systems that protect animal rights by constitutional tools, identify and analyze the ideas underlying those protections, and explore their adaptability. Focusing mainly on the Israeli case, we argue that constitutional law cannot provide adequate protections for animals and, contrary to the conventional wisdom, might even impair their protection.
'Ruff' Justice: Canine Cases And Judicial Law Making As An Instrument Of Change, Richard Jochelson, James Gacek
'Ruff' Justice: Canine Cases And Judicial Law Making As An Instrument Of Change, Richard Jochelson, James Gacek
Animal Law Review
The regulation of animals in North America should be apprised of evolving socialities. As the judiciary encounters situations of contestation between humans and animals in adjudication, it should take notice of the emergence of animal recognition in Western societies. Law is apprised of sociality, can absorb social information, and may, at times, reflect how citizens view issues of justice. What was once innocent behavior can be reconstituted as criminal through the adjudicative exercise (and vice versa). In this Paper, we investigate socio-legal constructions of ‘the animal’ in two recent North American adjudications. In two recent cases, R. v. D.L.W. and …