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1. 1. Sentient Objects — A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential of Animals as Legal Subjects

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Alice Edfast; [2023-04-26]
   Keywords : Jurisprudence; Legal theory; The legal subject; Legal personhood; The person-thing dichotomy; Animal Law theory; Animal sentience; Animal slaughter; Animal testing; Legal rights; Hohfeld’s fundamental legal conceptions; Speciesism; Humanism; Posthumanism; Greimas’ semiotic square;

   Abstract : The sentience of animals has been scientifically proven since the nineteenth century, which has led to changes in our attitude towards animals and to the proliferation of anti-cruelty laws. But despite the rise of an Animal Law discipline, animal rights organisations’ attempting to elevate the legal status of animals, and several recent European legislative changes categorising animals as “non-things”, the legal status of a person has not yet been extended to animals. READ MORE

3. 2. Neo-republicanism as a framework for a political theory of animal protection - An evaluation of Philip Pettit’s neo-republican theory of freedom and its potential for extending justice to non-human animals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Martin Hansen; [2022]
   Keywords : animal rights; Neo-republicanism; analytical political theory; reflective equilibrium; political turn; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Non-human animals are often excluded from contemporary political theories, much to their detriment in terms of welfare and protection. The ‘political turn’ is a subset of animal ethicists concerned with moving beyond motivating moral status and instead discussing the politics of a shared human-animal society. READ MORE

4. 3. Process and Meaning : A Coverian Analysis of Animal Defenders International v. UK and the Procedural Turn of the ECtHR

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Arvid Skagerlid; [2021]
   Keywords : Robert Cover; Animal Defenders International; subsidiarity; the subsidiarity principle; margin of appreciation; ECHR; ECtHR; procedural turn; process-based review; procedural review; European Convention of Human Rights; European Court of Human Rights; Animal Defenders International v. the UK; democracy to come; Derrida p;

   Abstract : In this thesis, the legal theory of Robert Cover is employed to analyse the procedural turn of the ECtHR. The text studies how Animal Defenders International v. the United Kingdom (ADI) and subsequent case law relate to the margin of appreciation doctrine and how this can be understood from a Coverian point of view. READ MORE

5. 4. Respect for animals - with what implications? : A critical policy analysis of the Swedish Animal Welfare Act

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Camilla Björkbom; [2020]
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   Abstract : In this thesis I interrogate the concept of respect for animals, or intrinsic value, in the new Swedish Animal Welfare Act adopted in 2018. I draw on poststructural theory and conceptual input from political theory as well as Martha Nussbaum’s capability approach. READ MORE

6. 5. “Close Enough”: A Cultural Analysis of Plant-Based Meat Consumption in Everyday Food Practices

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Sahra Rosenkvist; [2019]
   Keywords : meat; meat substitutes; animal-based meat; plant-based meat; performance; practice; commensality; narrative theory; semiotics; memory; food memory; ritual; myth; embodied memory; mocked meat; meat analogs; plant-based eating; MACA; food; food studies; cultural analysis; cultural habits; Law and Political Science; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Business and Economics; Social Sciences; Philosophy and Religion; Cultural Sciences; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Et binlerce yıl insanoğlunun ortak gıdalarından biri ve günlük yemek uygulamalarıyla ilgili olarak farklı kültürlerde gıda hafızasının önemli bir parçası olmuştur. Günümüzde hayvan bazlı etin (ABM) ikamesi olan bitki bazlı et (PBM), çevre sorunları, hayvan refahı ve insan sağlığı gibi çeşitli motivasyonlarla Kuzey Avrupa'da yaşayan tüketiciler arasında popüler ve yaygın hale gelmiştir. READ MORE