Sonia Desmoulin-Canselier - What Rights and What Legal Status for Animals ?

Pouvoirs n°131 - Les animaux - novembre 2009 - p.43-56

Beyond the diversity of animals, of activities using animals and of texts regarding them, the legal solutions aiming to protect animals have contributed to the drawing of a legal image of the animal. However, these legal provisions have elicited different interpretations. Doctrinal differences are all the more important as the dispute over the status of the animal is laden with moral choices. It goes beyond questions of legal technique, although the latter should not be ignored. By discussing the various legal theses present in the debate, in particular the opposition between the subjectivist and objectivist currents, the article seeks to highlight the dispute and to show that, in order to resolve it adequately, it is also important to take into account the role of law in the various modes of social regulation. Résumé

Référence électonique : Sonia Desmoulin-Canselier, "What Rights and What Legal Status for Animals ?", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°131, 2009, p.43-56. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/What-Rights-and-What-Legal-Status.html