Legal Personhood of Animals (I): The case for the legal personhood of companion animals. Synthesis of doctrinal developments.
Law 2015-177 of February 16, 2015, modifying the French Civil Code, defined animals as « living beings doted with sensibility », which marked an evolution in French Law. Yet neither attributed legal personhood nor provided with a new legal regime, animals remain, except where special laws protect th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2018-05-01
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| Series: | Derecho Animal |
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| Online Access: | https://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/341 |
| Summary: | Law 2015-177 of February 16, 2015, modifying the French Civil Code, defined animals as « living beings doted with sensibility », which marked an evolution in French Law. Yet neither attributed legal personhood nor provided with a new legal regime, animals remain, except where special laws protect them, covered by the regime of things.
The objective of the March 29, 2018 Seminar was twofold:
• To demonstrate that companion animals are capable of being granted legal personhood.
• To recommend, concomitantly, the recognition of the legal category of (natural) non-human person and the creation of a special regime attached to it. |
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| ISSN: | 2462-7518 |