Essays about: "Charmaine Murray"

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  1. 1. The Elephant in the Courtroom: The Universality of Rights vs the Uniqueness of Human Animals in the Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Charmaine Murray; [2017]
    Keywords : RIGHTS ANIMAL HUMAN SPECIESISM LAW LEGAL EXCLUSION INTERCONNECTIVITY UNIVERSALITY; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The elephant in the courtroom is a metaphor for the overt problem facing the human rights discourse concerning the reluctance to recognize rights beyond the human animal. The growing global development of animal rights law in both the legislature and the judiciary of many jurisdictions, exposes the ethical dilemma of human rights that has been the defining characteristic of codified rights since their conception. READ MORE