Chile’s 2022 and 2023 constitution-making processes attracted considerable attention across the world. Even though the two draft Constitutions were rejected by referendum, we think that in terms of environmental issues, they offer instructive examples of two contrasting approaches to these issues…
Read MoreThe concept of dereification in animal law is widely acknowledged as a pivotal shift in determining the legal status of non-human animals. It moves away from perceiving animals merely as insentient property and recognizes their capacity for suffering…
Read MoreConstitutional animal law is a relatively new discipline that has emerged in legal scholarship in recent years. It focuses specifically on constitutional norms relating to the protection of animals…
Read MoreI applaud Ben Davy for approaching the animal rights issue from an unusual angle. Most theories of animal rights are under-inclusive and logically incoherent—they apply to domesticated pets but not wild animals, mammals but not insects…
Read MoreIn the constitutional law of many Western countries (e.g., the member states of the Council of Europe, the member states of the European Union, and the United States of America), non-human animals share the same fate as refrigerators…
Read MoreNot long after the defeat of Napoleon, Belgium declared its independence on 4 October 1830. One year later, in 1831, the Belgian Constitution was adopted. Now, almost two centuries later, the Belgian Constitution is on the verge of a new historic event…
Read MoreThe burgeoning movement advocating legal personhood for animals is gaining momentum, aiming to elevate animals from mere property to beings with protective rights. Legal personhood, a concept that has evolved over time, has been granted to various entities…
Read MoreOf all fields of law, constitutional law may be the field that is traditionally most focused on the human individual as the one and only centre of concern. It is therefore particularly surprising that, over the last decades…
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