Animal Law and Policy Across the Globe in 2025
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Public Policy, Politics and Law".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 142
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal welfare science; animal ethics; animal law and policy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Animals invites submission to a special edition ‘Animal Law and Policy Across the Globe in 2025’. The purpose of the special edition is to publish a set of peer-reviewed articles documenting the state of animal law and policy at a time of substantial legal and political change across the globe. We welcome articles focused on current directions in animal law and policy, highlighting specific jurisdictions. To avoid duplication of coverage, please write to the Special Issue guest editors Dr. Steven McCulloch ([email protected]) and Prof. Amanda Whitfort ([email protected]) with expressions of interest before submission. Suggested areas of interest include animal law and policy in specific jurisdictions, including the USA, UK, EU, China, Japan, Australia, Argentina, South Africa, Germany, California, etc. Articles might focus on animal law and/or policy in specific sectors of animal use, cross-jurisdictional legal and policy issues, fundamental legal issues such as the recognition of sentience and personhood, and precedent-setting case law. See the following list of possible article titles to illustrate:
- Animal Law and Policy in the USA [the EU, China, Brazil, Mexico, etc.]
- Farmed Animal Law Policy in Australia
- Law And Policy on The Utilization of Research Animals Across the Globe
- Wild Animal Conservation Law and Policy in the Americas
- The State of Companion Animal Protection Law in Asia
- Recent Developments in Wild Animal Protection Law in South America
- The Legal Consideration of Animal Sentience in the EU and USA
- The Legal Status and Protection of Great Apes Across the Globe in 2025 and Future Developments
Dr. Steven P. McCulloch
Prof. Amanda Whitfort
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- animal law and policy
- cruelty
- welfare
- animal sentience
- legal personhood
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