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The third issue of Global Journal of Animal Law (GJAL) received four articles for reviewing. Unfortunately, only two were within the scope of GJAL. Furthermore, we were informed from Brazil about a petition filed to the European Court of Human Rights in protection par ricochet of the endangered Fin...
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ftaboakademiojs:oai:ojs.ojs.abo.fi:article/1309 2023-11-12T04:19:34+01:00 Editor's Foreword Wahlberg, Birgitta 2016-01-15 https://ojs.abo.fi/ojs/index.php/gjal/article/view/1309 unknown Åbo Akademi University https://ojs.abo.fi/ojs/index.php/gjal/article/view/1309 Copyright (c) 2016 Global Journal of Animal Law Global Journal of Animal Law; No 1 (2014) 2341-8168 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftaboakademiojs 2023-10-27T13:20:17Z The third issue of Global Journal of Animal Law (GJAL) received four articles for reviewing. Unfortunately, only two were within the scope of GJAL. Furthermore, we were informed from Brazil about a petition filed to the European Court of Human Rights in protection par ricochet of the endangered Fin Whales which have been cruelly killed in Iceland. However, the petition was dismissed. Because of the tight timeframe for this issue we hope to receive a note of the argumentation to the next one.The current issue is focusing on legislation and regulation in Australia, United States and Europe (specifically in Switzerland and UK) of animals used in research. Furthermore, Lewis & Clark Law School provides the readers their experience of developing education in the field of Animal Law.Charlotte E. Blattner makes a comparison of the regulation of animals used in research (the 3R principles) and the legal protection of farm animals. Based on her findings, she provides specific proposals for the establishment of the 3R principles in farming. In this regard, the well-regulated provisions in Switzerland on refinement are considered as an exemplary model. Her main conclusion, based on the grounds of consistency, the principle of the avoidance of unnecessary animal suffering and the principle of proportionality is, that if replacement is the accepted legal imperative in research, there should be an even stronger imperative for replacement in farming.Alexandra Whittaker examines the regulation of animal use in research in Australia. The main question in her research is whether the legislative model can adequately protect animal welfare, and to identify any system deficiencies that may lead to an adverse finding in this regard. She is using a comparative law model while focusing on the regulation in Europe, the UK and US jurisdictions. Her main conclusion is that Australia is not unique in facing problems; mainly the same issues are experienced overseas, or are in fact problems in animal law in general. In many cases these ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Åbo Akademi: Open Journal Systems |
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The third issue of Global Journal of Animal Law (GJAL) received four articles for reviewing. Unfortunately, only two were within the scope of GJAL. Furthermore, we were informed from Brazil about a petition filed to the European Court of Human Rights in protection par ricochet of the endangered Fin Whales which have been cruelly killed in Iceland. However, the petition was dismissed. Because of the tight timeframe for this issue we hope to receive a note of the argumentation to the next one.The current issue is focusing on legislation and regulation in Australia, United States and Europe (specifically in Switzerland and UK) of animals used in research. Furthermore, Lewis & Clark Law School provides the readers their experience of developing education in the field of Animal Law.Charlotte E. Blattner makes a comparison of the regulation of animals used in research (the 3R principles) and the legal protection of farm animals. Based on her findings, she provides specific proposals for the establishment of the 3R principles in farming. In this regard, the well-regulated provisions in Switzerland on refinement are considered as an exemplary model. Her main conclusion, based on the grounds of consistency, the principle of the avoidance of unnecessary animal suffering and the principle of proportionality is, that if replacement is the accepted legal imperative in research, there should be an even stronger imperative for replacement in farming.Alexandra Whittaker examines the regulation of animal use in research in Australia. The main question in her research is whether the legislative model can adequately protect animal welfare, and to identify any system deficiencies that may lead to an adverse finding in this regard. She is using a comparative law model while focusing on the regulation in Europe, the UK and US jurisdictions. Her main conclusion is that Australia is not unique in facing problems; mainly the same issues are experienced overseas, or are in fact problems in animal law in general. In many cases these ... |
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