Beyond Law's Anthropocentrism. A Sociolegal Reflection on Animal Law and the More-than-human Turn
(2021) In Scandinavian Studies in Law 67. p.35-50- Abstract
- In this explorative paper, we examine the emerging body of scholarship that has recently started incorporating more-than-human perspectives in the nexus of law, society, and animals. While ‘more-than-human’ refers to a plurality of theoretical positions, for our purpose we take these positions to reflect the attempt to move away from human exceptionalism in favour of a multispecies account of the world, which reflects the social, political, and ethical significance of nonhuman animals. Our objectives as we investigate the potential of more-than-human law are threefold: (a) to review recent developments in legal and sociolegal research that adopt a more-than-human framework, (b) to bring this strand of more-than-human studies into... (More)
- In this explorative paper, we examine the emerging body of scholarship that has recently started incorporating more-than-human perspectives in the nexus of law, society, and animals. While ‘more-than-human’ refers to a plurality of theoretical positions, for our purpose we take these positions to reflect the attempt to move away from human exceptionalism in favour of a multispecies account of the world, which reflects the social, political, and ethical significance of nonhuman animals. Our objectives as we investigate the potential of more-than-human law are threefold: (a) to review recent developments in legal and sociolegal research that adopt a more-than-human framework, (b) to bring this strand of more-than-human studies into conversation with animal law scholarship, and (c) to explore how sociology of law’s empirical tradition can contribute to such conversations. (Less)
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- Leth-Espensen, Marie LU and Svensson, Måns
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- 2021
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- Animal Law, More-than-human, Sociology of Law, Multispecies, Anthropocentrism, Politics of Care, Legal geography
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- Scandinavian Studies in Law
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- 67
- pages
- 15 pages
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- Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law
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- 0085-5944
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- English
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author = {{Leth-Espensen, Marie and Svensson, Måns}},
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keywords = {{Animal Law; More-than-human; Sociology of Law; Multispecies; Anthropocentrism; Politics of Care; Legal geography}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{35--50}},
publisher = {{Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law}},
series = {{Scandinavian Studies in Law}},
title = {{Beyond Law's Anthropocentrism. A Sociolegal Reflection on Animal Law and the More-than-human Turn}},
volume = {{67}},
year = {{2021}},
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