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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

The volume „Tierrechte – eine interdisziplinäre Herausforderung“ (literally „Animal Rights – an interdisciplinary challenge“ has just been released from Harald Fischer Verlag (publisher), Germany. The results of the lectures are written down in this book. More information on the book can be found here. We really appreciate it!

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Steven M. Wise on Legal Rights for Animals

Animal Ethics

Half of the sixteen German states already have some sort of animal rights provisions in their constitutions. But a change in the common law (which Germany does not have) may be the most likely of all. What is the common law? The common law is created by English-speaking judges while in the process of deciding cases.

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