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Beyond Law's Anthropocentrism. A Sociolegal Reflection on Animal Law and the More-than-human Turn

Leth-Espensen, Marie LU orcid and Svensson, Måns (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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Animal Law, More-than-human, Sociology of Law, Multispecies, Anthropocentrism, Politics of Care, Legal geography
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15 pages
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Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law
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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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