One of the issues with introducing animal rights law is whether the problem is quantitative or qualitative, whether it can be achieved by working within existing legal paradigms or whether it requires a new set of paradigms. The answer is fundamental: a quantitative problem can be solved by applying more of the same solutions, while a qualitative problem requires completely different solutions. The qualitative camp can be represented by, say, Professor Gary Francione, demanding not only rights for animals but that they have personhood and are no longer considered “property.” The quantitative approach can be finely represented by Professor David Favre, who has argued for many years that we can make progress by developing existing legal principles to give some rights to some animals, and he does so eloquently in his new book. He is clear in his view that progress is, and can continue to be, made with a...
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April 01 2023
The Future of Animal Law
The Future of Animal Law
. By David Favre. (Cheltenham, England
: Edward Elgar Publishing
, 2021
. 203 + ix pp. with color illustrations. Hardback. £80.00. ISBN 978-1-83910-062-8. Ebook. £26.00 ISBN 978-1-83910-063-5.)
Sean Butler
Sean Butler
University of Cambridge
sean butler is director of the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law and a fellow of St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, where he teaches animal rights law and the law of ancient Rome. Email: scb46@cam.ac.uk
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Journal of Animal Ethics (2023) 13 (1): 105–107.
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Sean Butler; The Future of Animal Law. Journal of Animal Ethics 1 April 2023; 13 (1): 105–107. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/21601267.13.1.18
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