Legal Personhood
Channel: tamilew329
Date: 2021-02-14

Legal Personhood is a juridical fiction permitting nonhuman entities to have standing to initiate lawsuits or claim legal rights. Is legal personhood the vehicle that will permit nonhumans (animals) to enjoy equal access to justice and citizenship on our planet. We explore the debate as to whether legal personhood is a liberating mechanism or a paternal order to protect rather than further animal rights.