Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Law
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
7141LAWPL-JAN-MTP
Aims
To provide students to examine the law relating to animals in terms of its ethical, political and practical implications.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate an awareness of place of animal law within other academic disciplines including politics, sociology, economics and ethics
2.
To be able to discuss the law relating to animals in its socio-legal context.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. Animals Rights and Personhood
2. Animal Law in Practice 1 - The Animal Welfare Act 2006
3. Animal Law in Practice 2 - Agriculture
4. Housing Law and Animals
5. Links between International Crime and Animals
6. Protection of Wildlife
Module Overview:
To provide students to examine the law relating to animals in terms of its ethical, political and practical implications.
This module seeks to develop a critical understanding of the challenges faced in protecting animals in modern day society. The module explores the changing ideas in the area of animal rights and personhood as a backdrop to analysing current areas of animal law development.
To provide students to examine the law relating to animals in terms of its ethical, political and practical implications.
This module seeks to develop a critical understanding of the challenges faced in protecting animals in modern day society. The module explores the changing ideas in the area of animal rights and personhood as a backdrop to analysing current areas of animal law development.
Additional Information:This module seeks to develop a critical understanding of the challenges faced in protecting animals in modern day society. The module explores the changing ideas in the area of animal rights and personhood as a backdrop to analysing current areas of animal law development.