Animal Law - LAWS3144
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Completion of 78 UOC in LAWS courses.
Equivalent: JURD7444, LAWS8194
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Law plays a substantial role in the ways in which our society relates to animals. As our society increasingly accepts that the protection of animals from cruelty and other forms of mistreatment is important, the study of legal matters relating to animals, ie animal law is important.
This course looks at the ethics and jurisprudence on the way humans think of and treat animals, the historical and present status of animals as property, the law and science underpinning our approach to animal welfare, standing to represent the interest of animals, and the laws and codes of practice relating to the use of animals for food, research, and entertainment.
Main Topics
This course looks at the ethics and jurisprudence on the way humans think of and treat animals, the historical and present status of animals as property, the law and science underpinning our approach to animal welfare, standing to represent the interest of animals, and the laws and codes of practice relating to the use of animals for food, research, and entertainment.
Main Topics
- People and animals, ethics, history, law, and society
- The legal classification of animals as property and the implications of treating them as property
- Anti-cruelty law
- The regulation of the use of animals for food and entertainment
- Ethical guidelines and laws relating to the use of animals for research
- Live export
- Animals in the wild
- Companion animal laws
- Free trade constraints on animal welfare standards; and
- Animal law, an international perspective.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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