Animal Law is a subject which is growing rapidly. The world faces severe threats in the forms of climate crisis, biodiversity losses, pandemics, and zoonosis, and ethical considerations in relation to law and the protection of sentient beings other than humans, is of pressing importance. Animal law draws on multidisciplinary perspectives.
The legal system within the Nordic countries, and the law regarding animals, provides significant and well-developed precedents and ideas which are valuable to researchers and legislators worldwide. This is the first book to closely examine the similarities and differences in the legal thinking and reality in across the Nordic countries, in relation to animals.
The book is a unique and valuable a reference textbook for legal scholars, judges, animal protection authorities, lawyers, and others students and researchers interested in the topic. The book also includes a chapter on future prospects about the protection of animals from negative human impact and de lege ferenda (a basis for future law) arguments.
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Bury St Edmunds
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Editions-Typ
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 212 mm
Breite: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80441-581-8 (9781804415818)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Birgitta Wahlberg is a University Lecturer in Public Law at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Vegard Bø Bahus is a Lecturer at the University of Stavanger and the University of Agder, and attorney at the law firm Bahus, Norway. Sacha Lucassen holds an LL.M. in Animal Law and Society, and is Chairman of the Center for Animal Defense, Denmark. Alice DiConcetto is Executive Director and Chief Legal Adviser at the European Institute for Animal Law & Policy, Brussels, Belgium. Tero Kivinen is a Post Doctoral Researcher at Helsinki University, Finland. Tarja Koskela is a University Lecturer in Criminal Law at the University of Eastern Finland. Visa Kurki is an Associate Professor of Jurisprudence at Helsinki University, Finland. Veera Koponen is a Doctoral Candidate at Helsinki University, Finland. Sunniva Bragdø-Ellenes is a Professor at the University of Agder, Norway. Olivia Palenius is a Law student at Helsinki University, Finland.
