We are pleased to release the Lent Term card of the Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series. We will kick off the term on January 26th with a presentation by Professor Maneesha Deckha on the topic “Animals as Legal Beings: Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders”. On February 4th, Eva Bernet Kempers, Visiting Student at our Centre and PhD candidate at Antwerp University, will talk about “Animals as Legal Persons: A Necessity or a Luxury? A Perspective from Continental Law”. Dr Josh Jowitt, Visiting Student at our Centre and Lecturer at Newcastle University, will deliver a paper called “The Elephant in the Room: Happy and the Normative Structure of Legal Personhood” on February 24th. Dr Angie Pepper from Roehampton University will be joining us on March 5th with a presentation on “Caring in Non-Ideal Conditions: Animal Rescue Organisations and Morally Justified Killing”. Finally, Pablo Pérez Castelló, Visiting Student at our Centre and PhD candidate at Royal Holloway University will deliver a talk on “The Recognition of Wild Animal Communities in the Australian Constitution” on March 17th. Due to the ongoing pandemic, all talks will be held on Zoom. All events are open to the public and information about how to register is available here.
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