Research Handbook on Animal Law and Animal Rights

Edited by Tomasz Pietrzykowski, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland and Birgitta Wahlberg, Lecturer in Public Law, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

‘The concept of animal rights or, if you prefer, animal welfare, goes to the heart of our approach not only to animals but to society more generally. This comprehensive and rich Research Handbook will be a must for anyone who cares about our own future.’

• ContentsIntroduction: animal law between jurisprudential discipline, moral imperative,and advocacy xiiTomasz Pietrzykowski and Birgitta WahlbergPART I ANIMAL LAW AS A JURISPRUDENTIAL DISCIPLINE1 Animal law unveiled: defining a new era of legal advocacy 2Birgitta Wahlberg and Pamela D. Frasch2 From constitutional animal law toward interspecies constitutionalizing 15Charlotte E. Blattner3 Towards animal flourishing through international law 36Anne Peters4 The evolution of animal law scholarship’s theoretical foundations throughcritical animal law studies 60Iyan Offor5 Animal rights and human rights – an impossible equation? 91Elina PirjatanniemiPART II THE QUEST FOR ANIMAL STATUS6 Sentience, agency, and animal status 116Andrzej Elżanowski7 Bridging the gap between jurisprudence and questions of legal status 142Joshua Jowitt8 Legal dereification of animals 160Tomasz Pietrzykowski and Małgorzata Lubelska-Sazanów9 Legal personhood and animals 177Visa Kurki10 The concept of animal dignity in Swiss animal welfare law 187Gieri Bolliger11 Animal rights and the rights of nature: between law and politics 203Cezary BłaszczykPART III DOMAINS AND PRACTICES OF ANIMAL LAW12 Administrative control mechanisms and preventive animal protection 223Birgitta Wahlberg13 Animals in scientific research: an analysis from the perspective of Swisslaw 236Vanessa Gerritsen14 Animals and food production from a US perspective 258Jessica Chapman15 Offences against animals in Finland 282Tarja Koskela16 The institution of the animal protection ombudsperson 306Simone Gräber and Ines Schnur17 Landmark cases in animal law 323Eva Bernet Kempers and Ankita ShankerPART IV TRANSDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON ANIMAL LAW18 Basics of animal behavior and welfare assessment 353Laura Hänninen and Anna Valros19 Animals and religious traditions 367Olav Hammer and Karen Swartz-Hammer20 Animal rights and indigenous traditions in the century of anthropocentrism 387Mari-Ann Susi21 Economics and animals 405Jim Leitzel and Sabina Shaikh22 Using Environmental, Social, and Governance corporate non-financialdisclosure regulations to improve animal welfare 423Jamie McLaughlin23 New welfarism in animal law 444Veera KoponenPART V ANIMAL LAW IN PROGRESS: ADVOCACY, STRATEGICLITIGATION, AND THE WAYS TO THE FUTURE24 Strategic litigation and animal law development 457Vegard Bø Bahus25 Improving animal law by means of strategic litigation: the case of the UK 466Edie Bowles26 Animal advocacy in the European Union 478Camilla Björkbom27 Policy advocacy as a tool towards the legal protection of all animals 500Erica Sullivan28 Animals and international law: a rhetorical perspective 509Tero Kivinen29 Envisioning an inter-species justice 528Eric L. Sugarman