Webinar on Constructing Animals in the Law Personhood and Beyond by NALSAR University [4 weeks; Certificates]: Register Now!
About NALSAR University
The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, is a public law school and a National Law University located in Shamirpet, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is among the first universities to offer the five-year integrated undergraduate law degree, postgraduate law degree and doctorate law degree.
About the Opportunity
After the success of our webinar series conducted in September 2022 on the theme “Aligning Perspectives in Animal Protection and Practice” from 1st-5th September 2022, the Animal Law Centre presents its third webinar week titled, “Constructing Animals in the Law Personhood and Beyond“, and fourth webinar week themed “Understanding Different Approaches to Animal Protection from Past to Present” from 16th to 18th March and 24th to 25thMarch, respectively.
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This webinar series is meant to further the goals of Animal Law Centre by contributing to the scholarship on animal rights movement and to give insight through the sessions conducted that education or careers in the field of animal protection are existent, easily possible and enriching. Our speakers are considered stalwarts in the field, with many years of experience in studying as well as practicing animal protection through their extraordinary initiatives, pedagogy and authorship and well as expertise in the field.
We have the honor of having the following experts as speakers in the panels of this webinar series.
ALC Webinar Week-1 2023:
“Constructing Animals in the Law Personhood and Beyond”
Date: 16th and 17th and 18th March
ALC Webinar Week-2 2023
“Understanding Different Approaches to Animal Protection from Past to Present”
Date: 24th and 25th March 2023
Third Webinar Week
- Prof. Annie B. Satz on “Animals as vulnerable subjects beyond interest, convergence, hierarchy and property”
- Prof Maneesha Deckha on “Animals as Legal Beings”
- Prof Jessica Eisen, University of Alberta on “Constitutional Protection of Animals”
- Prof. Visa J. Kurki, Helsinki University on “The role of legal personhood in recognizing Animal Rights”
- Jake Davis, Non Hunam Rights Project, on “Why personhood is important for the Animal Liberation Movement”
- Paola Cavalieri, on “The Great Ap Project and its contribution to the Animal Liberation Movement”
- Vivek Mukherjee, NALSAR on “Skipping Personhood: Nagaraja and its Flaws”
Fourth Webinar Week
1. Prof. Jeff Sebo, New York University on “Different Approaches to Animal Protection”
2. Prof. David Favre, Michigan State University on “Historical References to Animal Welfare”
3. Vivek Mkherjee, NALSAR on “Ethical Consideration for the Entry of Animals in the Indian Constitution”
This series of the webinar tries to delve deeper into the nuances of animal protection and practice, through the myriad topics of discussions in our sessions. Via the medium of these series, we hope to draw focus on how we can bridge the gap of the theoretical and practical frameworks of the animal liberation movement!
Who is it for/eligibility?
Students, Lawyers, Faculty and Animal Law/Food Safety/Sociology practitioners
Location (country/state/city)
Virtual, on Cisco Web
Registration/submission procedure
Fee details (if any)
Free to register
Prizes (if any)
All attendees will be awarded a certificate
Deadlines/dates
March September 1st- September 5th, 2022
Contact information
Animal Law Centre, NALSAR University, email Address: [email protected]. Phone Number: 6302771418
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