Globalization and animal law
Subtitle: comparative law, international law and international trade
By: Thomas G. Kelch
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Global trade law series -- volume 32; Global trade law series -- v. 32
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9789041158741; 9789041158765; 9789041188304
Subjects: Animal welfare; Law and legislation; Animals; Globalization; Animaux; Protection; Droit; Études comparatives; Droit international; Mondialisation
Description: "[This book provides an] analysis of international and comparative animal law focusing on the impact of the globalized economy on animal law. The rise of the globalized economy has rendered an even more profound change in the relationship between humans and other animals than the ancient progression from hunter-gatherer to agricultural society. In today's global markets, multinational corporations exploit the economic value of animals on an unprecedented scale. The philosophical and legal notions that animals are mere unfeeling machines or pieces of property, although more or less taken for granted for centuries, have been challenged, if not burst asunder, in recent decades (in law, moral philosophy and cognitive and other sciences), and regulation of the treatment of animals in agriculture, experimentation, entertainment and other areas has begun to make substantial inroads in national and international law. In light of this growing awareness, the author in this book lucidly explicates the sorts of legal rules that affect the global animal marketplace by describing a wide range of domestic and international laws relating to the treatment of animals."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-646) and index.
Table of contents: title: Exploitation; title: Morality, science, and the law; title: Animals in agriculture; title: Animals in science; title: Animals in entertainment; title: Companion animals; title: Cities; title: The WTO and GATT; title: Constitutional protection for animals; title: Animals and intellectual property; title: Past, Present, and Future.