Legal Personhood of Animals (I): The case for the legal personhood of companion animals. Synthesis of doctrinal developments.

Autors/ores

  • Cédric Riot Cédric Riot Maître de conférences en droit privé et sciences criminelles Université de Toulon - Faculté de Droit, Aix Marseille Univ, Univ Pau & Pays Adour, CNRS, DICE, CDPC Jean-Claude Escarras, Toulon, France

Resum

Law 2015-177 of February 16, 2015, modifying the French Civil Code, defined animals as « living beings doted with sensibility », which marked an evolution in French Law. Yet neither attributed legal personhood nor provided with a new legal regime, animals remain, except where special laws protect them, covered by the regime of things.

The objective of the March 29, 2018 Seminar was twofold:

  • To demonstrate that companion animals are capable of being granted legal personhood.
  • To recommend, concomitantly, the recognition of the legal category of (natural) non-human person and the creation of a special regime attached to it.

Paraules clau

legal personhood, companion animals, legal status, (natural) non-human person, doctrine, legal status of the companion animal, legal regime, object or subject of rights, legislative proposal,

Biografia de l'autor/a

Cédric Riot, Cédric Riot Maître de conférences en droit privé et sciences criminelles Université de Toulon - Faculté de Droit, Aix Marseille Univ, Univ Pau & Pays Adour, CNRS, DICE, CDPC Jean-Claude Escarras, Toulon, France

Docteur en droit

Maître de conférences en droit privé et sciences criminelles

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/da.341

Publicades

01-05-2018

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Drets d'autor (c) 2018 Cédric Riot

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