Animals and the law lectures
I’m taking a break from overeating to give you some very important information about a set of lectures coming up over the coming months in the UK at University of Cambridge.
The first lecture starts tomorrow (Tuesday October 11, 2016) and the series continues until May next year.
If you want to attend, show up at the given date/time and use the email address at the bottom of the list if you need more information.
Talking Animals, Law and Philosophy
A veritable animal turn has occurred in many fields of thinking, sweeping away outdated philosophical and scientific beliefs, and making room for more thoughtful, sensible study of the relation between humans and other animals. Law and legal science, however, have remained relatively untouched by this revolution. The talk series “Talking Animals, Law and Philosophy” wants to remedy this situation by providing a welcoming, engaging and rigorous forum for debate and ideas about the relations between animals, law and philosophy.
Programme 2016/2017
Randall Abate (Professor of Law, College of Law, Florida A&M University)
- “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Exploring the Connections and Synergies”
- 11 October 2016, 6:15 – 7:45pm
- Room G28, Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge
- “A Person by Any Other Name? Potential Legal Recognition of Nonhuman Animal Legal Personhood in Australia and the United States”
- 12 October 2016, 6:15 – 7:45pm
- Room G28, Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge
Jeff Skopek (Lecturer in Medical Law, Ethics and Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge)
- “Three Puzzles for Animal Rights: Cows, Lions, and Featherless Chickens”
- 17 November 2017, 6:15 – 7:45pm
- Room G28, Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge
Alasdair Cochrane (Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, Department of Politics, University of Shef- field)
- “A Theory of Global Inter-Species Justice”
- 15 February 2017, 6:15 – 7:45pm
- Room G24, Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge
Saskia Stucki (Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and In- ternational Law, Heidelberg)
- “Are Human Rights Animals’ Rights, Too?”
- 2 May 2017, 6:15 – 7:45pm
- Room G28, Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge