Research Handbook on Animal Law and Animal Rights

Name: Research Handbook on Animal Law and Animal Rights
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781035324873
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Author: Tomasz Pietrzykowski; Birgitta Wahlberg
ISBN: 9781035324873

Edited by Tomasz Pietrzykowski · Birgitta Wahlberg

Edward Elgar Publishing September 2025

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ISBN-13: 9781035324873
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: September 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This Research Handbook examines contemporary animal law and its relationship to the philosophical and legal idea of animal rights. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it explores the role of legal practice, strategic litigation and advocacy in the global development of laws protecting animals.

Tomasz Pietrzykowski and Birgitta Wahlberg bring together expert contributing authors to discuss interspecies constitutionalizing and the evolution of animal law scholarship. They shed light on jurisprudence and questions of legal status, highlighting key scientific, ethical, economic, religious, and cultural contexts. The Research Handbook covers the relationship between animal rights and human rights, addressing key case studies including animal dignity laws in Switzerland and the legal repercussions for offences against animals in Finland. Ultimately, it illustrates the importance of ongoing professional and scholarly engagement in animal legislation.

The Research Handbook on Animal Law and Animal Rights is an essential resource for scholars and students of environmental law and legal philosophy. Its practical dimensions and forward-thinking insights will greatly benefit legal practitioners and officials interested in animal status and protection.

Introduction: animal law between jurisprudential discipline, moral imperative, and advocacy xii; Tomasz Pietrzykowski and Birgitta Wahlberg; PART I ANIMAL LAW AS A JURISPRUDENTIAL DISCIPLINE; 1.
Animal law unveiled: defining a new era of legal advocacy 2: Birgitta Wahlberg and Pamela D. Frasch; 2.
From constitutional animal law toward interspecies constitutionalizing 15: Charlotte E. Blattner; 3.
Towards animal flourishing through international law 36: Anne Peters; 4.
The evolution of animal law scholarship’s theoretical foundations through critical animal law studies 60: Iyan Offor; 5.
Animal rights and human rights – an impossible equation? 91: Elina Pirjatanniemi; PART II THE QUEST FOR ANIMAL STATUS; 6.
Sentience, agency, and animal status 116: Andrzej Elżanowski; 7.
Bridging the gap between jurisprudence and questions of legal status 142: Joshua Jowitt; 8.
Legal dereification of animals 160: Tomasz Pietrzykowski and Małgorzata Lubelska-Sazanów; 9.
Legal personhood and animals 177: Visa Kurki; 10.
The concept of animal dignity in Swiss animal welfare law 187: Gieri Bolliger; 11.
Animal rights and the rights of nature: between law and politics 203: Cezary Błaszczyk; PART III DOMAINS AND PRACTICES OF ANIMAL LAW; 12.
Administrative control mechanisms and preventive animal protection 223: Birgitta Wahlberg; 13.
Animals in scientific research: an analysis from the perspective of Swiss law 236: Vanessa Gerritsen; 14.
Animals and food production from a US perspective 258: Jessica Chapman; 15.
Offences against animals in Finland 282: Tarja Koskela; 16.
The institution of the animal protection ombudsperson 306: Simone Gräber and Ines Schnur; 17.
Landmark cases in animal law 323: Eva Bernet Kempers and Ankita Shanker; PART IV TRANSDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON ANIMAL LAW; 18.
Basics of animal behavior and welfare assessment 353: Laura Hänninen and Anna Valros; 19.
Animals and religious traditions 367: Olav Hammer and Karen Swartz-Hammer; 20.
Animal rights and indigenous traditions in the century of anthropocentrism 387: Mari-Ann Susi; 21.
Economics and animals 405: Jim Leitzel and Sabina Shaikh; 22.
Using Environmental, Social, and Governance corporate non-financial disclosure regulations to improve animal welfare 423: Jamie McLaughlin; 23.
New welfarism in animal law 444: Veera Koponen; PART V ANIMAL LAW IN PROGRESS: ADVOCACY, STRATEGIC LITIGATION, AND THE WAYS TO THE FUTURE; 24.
Strategic litigation and animal law development 457: Vegard Bø Bahus; 25.
Improving animal law by means of strategic litigation: the case of the UK 466: Edie Bowles; 26.
Animal advocacy in the European Union 478: Camilla Björkbom; 27.
Policy advocacy as a tool towards the legal protection of all animals 500: Erica Sullivan; 28.
Animals and international law: a rhetorical perspective 509: Tero Kivinen; 29.
Envisioning an inter-species justice 528: Eric L. Sugarman