Animal law worldwide : key issues and main trends across 27 jurisdictions / edited by Federico Dalpane, Maria Baideldinova.

The Hague, The Netherlands : Springer, 2024.

1st edition

202173

Animal rights.

Animal welfare -- Law and legislation.

Animals -- Law and legislation.

1. An introduction to Belgian animal welfare law

2. Animals and the law in Bolivia

3. Animal law in Chile: overview and current challenges

4. Legal regulation concerning animals in China

5. Animals in the Colombian legal system

6. Animal law in Denmark and the enforcement gap

7. The European Union’s approach to the legal regulation of basic and preclinical animal research

8. Animal law and the constitutional status of animals in Finland

9. The steady creep of concentrated animal feeding operations in India: implications for people and the planet

10. Recent developments in animal welfare law in Ireland

11. Animals in the Italian legal system: among constitutional provisions and other sources of the law

12. Kazakhstan: stray population management policy and legislation

13. Legal protection of animals in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

14. Animal law in Mexico: a genealogical approach to speciesist positivism

15. The intrinsic value of animals in the Netherlands: empty rhetoric or a step towards animal rights?

16. A perspective on animal law in Peru

17. Progress and resistance: highlights of the Polish animal law

18. Animal law in Romania: a global discourse in place

19. Animal protection laws in Serbia: inefficient implementation and suggestions for improvement

20. How is the law protecting animal communities in Slovenia?

21. Punished on religious grounds: a critical analysis on the legal protection granted for temple elephants in Sri Lanka

22. Ought Sweden to protect animals by the constitution? A comparative constitutional animal law study

23. Developments in Swiss animal law-status quo, achievements and demands for the future

24. UK animal protection legislation: the Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act 2019

25. Certain issues of formation and development of animal law in Ukraine.

This book offers a unique panoramic survey of the state of animal law in twenty-six countries and in the legal system of the European Union. The authors give a brief introduction to each jurisdiction, examine key issues, and formulate recommendations. The contributions provide ample opportunities for legal comparative studies touching on constitutional law, criminal law, civil law, environmental law, and administrative law, and discuss the crucial role of NGOs and civil society in raising awareness for the plight of animals. The contributions show the mature stage reached by the discipline of animal law, which is gaining attention in wider circles. The book discusses wildlife, agricultural animals, experimental animals, service animals, stray animals, and others. One of the topics is the constitutionalisation of animal welfare (with a growing number of countries amending their constitutions to include the protection of animals or considering such amendments). Other topics include the trend of moving away from the age-old legal classification of animals as mere things, and the persistent weaknesses in the implementation of legal provisions for the protection of animals. This book will be of keen interest to the worldwide animal law community, legal comparatists, legal theorists, policy makers, judges, law enforcement officials, as well as veterinary doctors. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9789462656420

xiii, 499 pages ; 25 cm