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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-d2f32ccb84fb4bb39bb89064be9e224f2023-09-02T14:28:00ZengUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaDerecho Animal2462-75182018-05-019210.5565/rev/da.341333Legal Personhood of Animals (I): The case for the legal personhood of companion animals. Synthesis of doctrinal developments.Cédric Riot0Cédric Riot Maître de conférences en droit privé et sciences criminelles Université de Toulon - Faculté de Droit, Aix Marseille Univ, Univ Pau & Pays Adour, CNRS, DICE, CDPC Jean-Claude Escarras, Toulon, FranceLaw 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.https://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/341legal personhoodcompanion animalslegal status(natural) non-human persondoctrinelegal status of the companion animal |
| spellingShingle | Cédric Riot Legal Personhood of Animals (I): The case for the legal personhood of companion animals. Synthesis of doctrinal developments. Derecho Animal legal personhood companion animals legal status (natural) non-human person doctrine legal status of the companion animal |
| title | Legal Personhood of Animals (I): The case for the legal personhood of companion animals. Synthesis of doctrinal developments. |
| title_full | Legal Personhood of Animals (I): The case for the legal personhood of companion animals. Synthesis of doctrinal developments. |
| title_fullStr | Legal Personhood of Animals (I): The case for the legal personhood of companion animals. Synthesis of doctrinal developments. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Legal Personhood of Animals (I): The case for the legal personhood of companion animals. Synthesis of doctrinal developments. |
| title_short | Legal Personhood of Animals (I): The case for the legal personhood of companion animals. Synthesis of doctrinal developments. |
| title_sort | legal personhood of animals i the case for the legal personhood of companion animals synthesis of doctrinal developments |
| topic | legal personhood companion animals legal status (natural) non-human person doctrine legal status of the companion animal |
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