Ural Journal of Legal Research

Issue №4

UDC: 349.6
DOI: 10.34076/2658-512X-2020-4-110-122
Year: 2020, Issue: 4, pages 110–122
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ANIMAL LEGAL PERSONALITY ISSUE

Authors:

Maria D. Kovyreva


Information:

Issue type: jurisprudence


For quoting:

Maria D. Kovyreva, Animal legal personality issue // Ural Journal of Legal Research, 2020, N 4, at 110-122


Annotation:

ANIMAL LEGAL PERSONALITY ISSUE 
 
The article is devoted to studying the issue of legal personality of animals in the modern world. The author considers the existing legal status of objects of the animal world and analyzes the main theories devoted to animal rights. As a result of this analysis the author concludes that the animal is a specific object of law that requires certain legal regulation.


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Keywords:

animal, legal personality, object of law, subject of law, special status.


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