Published In: The Brief, no. 2, Winter 2025 at 32 · Mar 18, 2025
Publication Year: 2025
Keywords: animal law; artificial intelligence; animal communication; legal personhood; animal rights
This article examines the legal and ethical implications of AI-assisted animal communication, arguing that emerging translation technologies could challenge existing legal assumptions about animal cognition, standing, and personhood while raising new concerns about reliability, consent,
Published In: Sydney Law Review
Publication Year: 2020
Keywords: animal, sentient, rights, law, protection
Scientific research is clear that most animals are sentient. This means that they have the capacity to subjectively perceive or feel things such as happiness and suffering. At present in Australia, animal sentience is, to
Published In: Animals and Race
Publication Year: 2022
Keywords: race, intersectionality, social justice, colonialism
The article deconstructs the white sheep complex, a phenomenon where dominant social groups identify with animal suffering at the hands of marginalized people to cast themselves as victims. Using the 2018 Clifton Beach sheep slaughter
Published In: Global Journal of Animal Law
Publication Year: 2022
Keywords: pandemics, zoonoses, well-being, treaties
As the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates, society’s failure to address animal well-being has had grave consequences not just for animals but also for humans. The emergence of zoonotic diseases is largely a result of high-risk contact
Published In: Environmental Law Review
Publication Year: 2024
Keywords: insect agriculture, CAFOs, climate change
With the publication of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s 2013 report, Edible Insects: Future Prospects for Food and Feed Security, the production of insects for animal feed and human consumption has witnessed a meteoric
Published In: One Health and the Law: Existing Frameworks, Intersections and Future Pathways
Publication Year: 2025
Keywords: zoonoses, pandemic, well-being
The article observes how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical weaknesses in global health architecture, particularly regarding the recurring threat of zoonotic diseases that emerge from human-animal interfaces. While world leaders have called for a new
Published In: The Legal Recognition of Animal Sentience: Principles, Approaches and Applications
Publication Year: 2024
Keywords: personhood, sentience, animal status, subjectivity
This article explores the historical evolution of U.S. animal protection laws, tracing their shift from anthropocentric origins focused on human morality and property preservation to modern frameworks that center animal interests. The article highlights Oregon
Published In: Building power through multispecies resistance: Lessons from the frontlines of labor and animal rights
Publication Year: 2024
Keywords: race, intersectionality, social justice, colonialism
This article explores the historical and contemporary intersections of race and animal rights, arguing that the animal rights movement often operates within a framework of white privilege that marginalizes people of color. By examining colonial-era
Published In: 16 J. Animal & Environmental L 26 (2025)
Publication Year: 2025
Keywords: Animal law; religious freedom; ritual slaughter; animal welfare; regulatory reform
This article examines the legal tension between religious freedom and animal welfare in the context of ritual slaughter exemptions, arguing that the exemption should be preserved but strengthened through improved regulation of pre-slaughter handling to
Published In: Alternative Law Journal
Publication Year: 2026
Keywords: Activism, animal rights, critical legal theory, legal education
This article argues that legal education must reclaim its public role through critical and transformative pedagogy. Drawing on interviews with animal law educators from five Australian universities, it examines the disconnect between how educators describe
Published In: Voiceless
Keywords: Teaching Resources, Resource List, Legal Education
Australia / New Zealand North America Australia United States of America
A curated collection of further reading and materials on animal legal personhood and animal ethics, including case law, academic literature, and multimedia resources to support deeper study.
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2019
Keywords: Teaching Resources; Tutorial; Legal Education; Legal Personhood; Animal Ethics
Australia / New Zealand North America Australia United States of America
A comprehensive tertiary-level teaching module on the moral and legal status of animals, incorporating tutorials, assessments, and supporting materials. The program introduces students to key philosophical, ethical, and legal frameworks and develops critical thinking and
Published In: Voiceless
Keywords: Teaching Resources; Tutorial; Legal Education; Legal Personhood; Animal Ethics
Australia / New Zealand North America Australia United States of America
A discussion-based tutorial built around a podcast on animal legal personhood, encouraging students to critically engage with competing arguments and develop their own reasoned positions on the moral and legal status of animals. Related Resource:
Published In: Voiceless
Keywords: Teaching Resources; Tutorial; Legal Education; Legal Personhood; Law Reform
Australia / New Zealand North America Australia United States of America
An applied learning activity where students analyse factual scenarios to assess how legal outcomes may differ under current animal welfare frameworks versus a legal personhood model. The tutorial emphasises practical implications of shifting animal legal
Published In: Voiceless
Keywords: Teaching Resources; Tutorial; Legal Education; Legal Personhood; Case Law
Australia / New Zealand North America Australia United States of America
A case analysis tutorial centred on Nonhuman Rights Project litigation, guiding students to critically evaluate judicial responses to animal personhood arguments and engage with key scholarly perspectives on legal and moral status.
Published In: Voiceless
Keywords: Teaching Resources; Tutorial; Legal Education; Legal Personhood; Animal Ethics
A structured class debate activity in which students critically evaluate whether animals should be granted legal personhood in Australia. The tutorial develops students’ ability to analyse competing arguments and engage in reflective, critical discussion about
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2018
Keywords: Teaching Resources; Legal Education; Animal Law; Legal Personhood; Animal Ethics
Australia / New Zealand North America Australia United States of America
A transcript of a Voiceless educational podcast exploring arguments for and against granting legal personhood to animals, featuring leading scholars and practitioners. The resource introduces competing legal and philosophical perspectives on animal status and supports
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2015
Keywords: Teaching Resources, Legal Education, Animal Law, Law Reform, Key Issues
A comprehensive introductory resource developed by Voiceless to support the teaching and study of animal law. The Toolkit provides an overview of the Australian animal law framework, key legal issues, case summaries, and avenues for
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2021
Keywords: Teaching Resources; Legal Education; Presentation; Farmed Animals
Lecture slides on farmed animal welfare law in the United States, supporting teaching on legal frameworks and reform challenges. Related Resource: Lecture Presentation Notes – Farmed Animal Welfare & the Law: USA
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2021
Keywords: Teaching Resources; Legal Education; Presentation; Farmed Animals
These are lecture presentation notes on farmed animal welfare law in the United States, designed to support teaching and explore key legal frameworks and reform challenges. Related Resource: ‘Lecture Presentation Slides – Farmed Animal Welfare
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2021
Keywords: Teaching Resources; Resource List; Legal Education; Research; Farmed Animals
This is a curated resource list on farmed animal welfare law in the USA, compiling legislation, case law, scholarship, and commentary to support teaching and research in legal education.
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2021
Keywords: Teaching Resources; Resource List; Legal Education; Research; Farmed Animals
This is a curated resource list on farmed animal welfare law in Australia, compiling legislation, case law, scholarship, and commentary to support teaching and research in legal education.
Published In: Journal of Animal & Environmental Law
Publication Year: 2023
Keywords: wildlife law, Pakistan, big cats, public safety, animal law
Over the past decade, exotic big cat ownership has proliferated in Pakistan. People want to own big cats as pets, as symbols of wealth and status, and to express political affiliations. However, big cat ownership
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2019
Keywords: Teaching Resources, Resource List, Legal Education, Animal Law and Policy Reform
Australia / New Zealand Australia New Zealand Not country-specific
This is a list of resources to support teaching and learning in animal law and policy reform. Related resources: ‘Lecture Summary – Animal Law and Policy Reform’; ‘Tutorial Program – Animal Law and Policy Reform’.
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2019
Keywords: Teaching Resources, Tutorial, Legal Education, Animal Law and Policy Reform
This is a tutorial program for animal law and policy reform, including learning outcomes, structured activities, teaching materials, and suggested assessment tasks designed for tertiary legal education. Related resources: ‘Lecture Summary – Animal Law and
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2019
Keywords: Podcast, Transcript, Teaching Resources, Legal Education, Policy Reform
This is a transcript of an engaging and informative educational podcast which discusses animal law and policy reform in Australia, with a diverse range of animal law experts and animal protection advocates.
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2019
Keywords: Lecture Materials, Teaching Resources, Legal Education
A summary of lecture content on animal law and policy reform, including key concepts, processes, and challenges, designed to support teaching and student learning. Related resource: ‘Tutorial Program – Animal Law and Policy Reform’
Published In: Voiceless
Publication Year: 2019
Keywords: Teaching Resources, Assessment, Legal Education, Animal Law and Policy Reform
This document outlines four suggested assessment tasks, as part of the Voiceless Animal Law and Policy Reform Animal Law Education module. For each suggested assessment task, an associated marking rubric template is provided. Related resource:
Published In: Legal Education Review
Publication Year: 2017
Keywords: Animal law education, legal education
This article is a critical reflection upon the objectives of animal law units, with a focus upon whether or not it is appropriate to explicitly identify personal, community and legal transformation amongst those objectives.
Published In: Animal Law Journal
Publication Year: 2020
Keywords: Class actions, animals
Class actions are commonly used to redress mass wrongs against humans—but what about mass wrongs against animals? This Article provides a comprehensive overview of the types of animal-related class actions that have been filed in