Global Animal Law from the Margins

<p>This book critically engages the emerging field of global animal law from the perspective of an intersectional ethical framework. </p><p>Reconceptualising global animal law this book argues that global animal law overrepresents views from the west as it does not sufficiently engage views from the Global South as well as from Indigenous and other marginalised communities. Tracing this imbalance to the early development of animal law’s reaction to issues of international trade the book elicits the anthropocentrism and colonialism that underpin this bias. In response the book outlines a new intersectional second wave of animal ethics. Incorporating marginalised viewpoints it elevates the field beyond the dominant concern with animal welfare and rights. And drawing on aspects of decolonial thought earth jurisprudence intersectionality theory and posthumanism it offers a fundamental rethinking of the very basis of global animal law. </p><p>The book's critical yet practical new approach to global animal law will appeal to animal law and environmental law experts legal theorists and those working in the areas of animal studies and ecology.</p>