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  • The Ranking Argument - Challenging Favourable Comparative Rhetoric about Swiss Animal Welfare Law

    Christian Rodriguez Perez, Nico Dario Müller, Kirsten Persson, David Martin Shaw
    44-55
    14-10-2023
    ... welfare improvements in Switzerland which we term the “ranking argument”. This states that Swiss animal welfare improvements in Switzerland which we term the “ranking argument”. This states that Swiss animal The Ranking Argument – Challenging Favourable Comparative Rhetoric about Animal Welfare Law The Ranking Argument – Challenging Favourable Comparative Rhetoric about Animal Welfare Law CHRISTIAN ..."
  • What and why is the "Evolutionary Scale" in Swiss Animal Welfare Law? Putting the Platypus in its Place

    Kirsten Persson, Christian Rodriguez Perez, Sebastian Hartstang, Peter Kunzmann, Bernhard Hiebl, David Shaw
    60-73
    04-04-2025
    ... In the Swiss Animal Welfare Law, paragraph 20 (2) specifically requires the selection of those In the Swiss Animal Welfare Law, paragraph 20 (2) specifically requires the selection of those not lead to a hierarchical understanding or ranking of animal groups, as it is a descriptive, structuring between those groups of animals. While these arguments do not prove the process of choosing species ..."
  • Towards Legal Protection of Animal Interests: Nature-Based or Sentience-Based Approach to Animal Rights

    Zorana S. Todorović
    23-33
    05-02-2026
    ... This article examines the idea of animal rights, arguing for a sentience-based or interest-based This article examines the idea of animal rights, arguing for a sentience-based or interest-based as a means of recognising and protecting their basic interests. The central argument is that animal rights to animals as a means of recognising and protecting their basic interests. The central argument ..."
  • Reasons to Reduce Surplus Animals in Research (in Switzerland) – Or Why the Killing and Death of Animals and Potentially Standard Husbandry Conditions Should be Classified as Harms

    Matthias Eggel, Samuel Camenzind, Paulin Jirkof
    1-15
    22-01-2026
    ... In Switzerland, approximately 1.2 million animals are used annually for scientific purposes. This In Switzerland, approximately 1.2 million animals are used annually for scientific purposes since the inception of academically institutionalized animal ethics. In addition to indirect arguments ethics. In addition to indirect arguments,4 five principal arguments against the killing of animals can ..."
  • Animals as Artists: An Interdisciplinary Conversation on German Copyright Law

    Julia Kessel, Prof. Dr. Roman Bartosch
    48-59
    28-03-2025
    ... werden die wichtigsten Aspekte des deutschen Urheberrechts und Argumente aus dem juristischen Diskurs skizziert The article discusses the question of animal authorship under German copyright law and argues Animals as Artists: An Interdisciplinary Conversation on German Copyright Law Julia Kessel Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch ..."
  • Animals as Subjects of Rights: Brazil's Constitutional Blueprint

    Marina Baptista-Rosa
    146-171
    11-12-2024
    ... In most countries, animals typically lack constitutional protection and rely solely on animal In most countries, animals typically lack constitutional protection and rely solely on animal Animals as Subjects of Rights: Brazil's Constitutional Blueprint Marina Baptista-Rosa Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch ..."
  • Respect for animals to be included in French school curriculums for the first time at the start of the 2024 academic year: a step forward to be encouraged for interspecific protection

    Aloïse Quesne
    92-98
    04-09-2024
    ... d’apprentissage, il convient de souligner qu’inclure l’animal dans le programme d’enseignement moral et civique At the start of the 2024 school year, animals officially made their appearance on the new moral À la rentrée 2024, les animaux ont officiellement fait leur apparition dans les nouveaux Respect for animals to be included in French school curriculums for the first time at the start Le respect de l’animal inscrit pour la première fois dans les programmes scolaires français Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch ..."
  • Against utilitarianism in animal testing law

    Eva Bernet Kempers
    12-29
    06-02-2025
    ... Despite the growing body of law regulating the use of non-human animals for scientific purposes Abstract. Despite the growing body of law that regulates the use of non-human animals Against Utilitarianism in Animal Testing Law Eva Bernet Kempers * Abstract Despite the growing Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch Accelerating ..."
  • What is Animal Dignity in Law?

    Visa Kurki
    9-23
    06-06-2024
    ... The article seeks to understand dignity in the context of primarily European animal law. Its main This essay attempts to understand dignity in the context of primarily European animal law. My might be seen as question-begging, designed to ensure that my argument of dignity-based animal law 5. Discussion The argument so far has been that dignity-based animal law can be seen as grounded ..."
  • The palpable dichotomy between animal cruelty laws and implementation – Is there a way forward for Indian jurisprudence?

    Bhavya Johari
    122-134
    16-10-2024
    ... This article critically examines the dichotomy between India's existing animal cruelty laws and This article critically examines the dichotomy between India's existing animal cruelty laws : A Speciesist Argument for Animal Liberation 5-7 (Princeton University Press 2007).  [65] Peter Singer, All -574 (2009). 64 Tzachi Zamir, Ethics and the Beast: A Speciesist Argument for Animal Liberation 5-7 ..."
  • Review: Saskia Stucki, One Rights: Human and Animal Rights in the Anthropocene

    Eva Bernet Kempers
    24-28
    23-06-2023
    ... Animal rights law is in need of an update. Many of its central theories were developed over 20 to extend human rights to non-human animals. The principled argument holds that justice demands fundamental a coherent argument for extending human rights to other animals and introducing a novel One Rights paradigm ..."
  • If Rivers Have Rights, do Fish Have Rights Too? Examining the Relationship Between Rights of Nature and Animal Rights

    Eva Bernet Kempers
    4-22
    05-02-2026
    ... This article examines the intersection of the Rights of Nature (RoN) and animal rights, two This article examines the intersection of the Rights of Nature (RoN) and animal rights, two the relation between nature’s rights and animal rights in theory and legal practice. The central argument Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch Rethinking ..."
  • The Legal Protection of Animals in Sporting Events and the Case of the ‘Horse Athlete’ in Italian Law

    Roberto Garetto
    34-44
    05-02-2026
    ... The participation of animals in sporting activities varies across legal systems: while some The participation of animals in sporting activities varies across legal systems: while some The Legal Protection of Animals in Sporting Events and the Case of the ‘Horse Athlete’ in Italian Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch Rethinking ..."
  • Grundlagenforschung, Tierversuche und Tierschutzrecht: Eine Auslegeordnung

    Devon Kunz
    1-47
    28-02-2025
    ... Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH), 1-47. DOI: 10.58590/leoh.2025.004   * BLaw, Universität Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch ..."
  • The Legal Status of Animals in Islamic Law. Selected Diachronic Perspectives from fiqh to Some Contemporary Statutory Laws

    Deborah Scolart
    45-62
    05-02-2026
    ... relationship, particularly regarding animals and plants. This work offers a concise overview of key Islamic relationship, particularly regarding animals and plants. This work offers a concise overview of key Islamic The Legal Status of Animals in Islamic Law. Selected Diachronic Perspectives from fiqh to Some Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch Rethinking ..."
  • Non-Cruelty to Animals: A General Principle of (Animal) Law

    Sabine Brels
    100-110
    11-07-2025
    ... animals’ as a General Principle of Law under Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of the International Court of to animals’ as a General Principle of Law under Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of the International Court Non-Cruelty to Animals: A General Principle of (Animal) Law Sabine Brels * Abstract Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch Non ..."
  • Symposium “Animals in Switzerland, Japan and Beyond - Thinking About Current and Future Concepts”

    Maneesha Decka, Moe Honjo
    17-07-2024
    ... On 5 March 2024, the Symposium “Animals in Switzerland, Japan and Beyond - Thinking About Current On 5 March 2024, the Symposium “Animals in Switzerland, Japan and Beyond - Thinking About Current Animals in Switzerland, Japan and Beyond – Thinking about Current and Future Legal Concepts On 5 ..."
  • Moving Away from Thinghood in Law: Animals as a New Legal Category?

    Margot Michel
    29-43
    23-06-2023
    ... The question of what legal status animals have has preoccupied the law for centuries. Most legal Moving Away from Thinghood in Law: Animals as a New Legal Category?[1] Margot Michel * Abstract Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch ..."
  • “We Recognise the Value of Animal Experimentation, but we Recognise the Value of Animals as well”: Qualitative Insights on the Conflicting Experiences of Researchers on the Implementation of the 3Rs in Switzerland

    Edwin Louis-Maerten, Lester D. Geneviève, Helene Seaward, Bernice S. Elger
    162-184
    27-11-2025
    ... The practice of animal experimentation leads to conflicting obligations experienced by laboratory levels, where the promotion of alternatives to animal models often coexists with a cautious argument argument presenting animal experimentation as a “nec- essary gold standard” in science (Marshall et al ..."
  • Tiergestützte Bildung im Kontext des One Health-Ansatzes und der Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – eine Annäherung

    Ameli Katharina
    127-138
    29-08-2025
    ... dieser Ansätze transformativ neu zu denken. Keywords Human-Animal Studies, Nachhaltigkeit, Tiergestützte Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch ..."
  • Animal Experimentation in Basic Research – Current Discussion and Implications of the Latest Jurisprudence in Switzerland

    Nicole Lüthi, Katerina Stoykova, Margot Michel
    99-112
    12-09-2024
    ... States, towards phasing out or at least significantly reducing the use and harm of animals in research States, towards phasing out or at least significantly reducing the use and harm of animals in research Animal Experimentation in Basic Research – Current Discussion and Implications of the Latest Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch ..."
  • Workshop Report: Implementation of the 3Rs – Regulatory Animal Testing and Current Debates on Transparency in Animal Experimentation

    Nicole Lüthi, Katerina Styokova, Sara Faizee, Margot Michel
    74-80
    23-05-2025
    ... the 3Rs in Swiss Law – Regulatory Animal Testing and Current Debates on Transparency in Animal of the 3Rs in Swiss Law – Regulatory Animal Testing and Current Debates on Transparency in Animal Workshop Report: Implementation of the 3Rs – Regulatory Animal Testing and Current Debates Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch ..."
  • An Ethic-of-Care Critique of Induced Genetic Mutation in Animals

    Josephine Donovan
    5-11
    06-02-2025
    ... – that is, inducing genetic mutation in animals. An ethic-of-care approach requires taking into – that is, inducing genetic mutation in animals. An ethic-of-care approach requires taking into consideration An Ethic-of-Care Critique of Induced Genetic Mutation in Animals Josephine Donovan * Abstract Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch Accelerating ..."
  • Farm Animal Welfare in Breeding and Gene Editing: a Comparative Analysis of European Union and Swiss Law

    Ilaria Cimadori
    185-215
    18-12-2025
    ... animal breeding can impact animal welfare positively or negatively, depending on how breeders design the animal breeding can impact animal welfare positively or negatively, depending on how breeders design Farm Animal Welfare in Breeding and Gene Editing: a Comparative Analysis of European Union Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch Farm ..."
  • When Animal Welfare Meets Institutional Panic: India's Supreme Court Creates Territorial Exclusion Zones for Community Dogs

    Bhavya Johari
    16-23
    29-01-2026
    ... 's rights of nature jurisprudence, and Argentina's individual animal rights doctrine, the article 's rights of nature jurisprudence, and Argentina's individual animal rights doctrine, the article When Animal Welfare Meets Institutional Panic: India's Supreme Court Creates Territorial Exclusion Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) ISSN 2813-7434 www.leoh.ch When ..."
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