Professor Peter Fitzgerald (author of International Issues in Animal Law) will address the impact of international economic law upon domestic animal advocacy. The recent trio of decisions under the WTO's Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement all illustrate the increasing need to take international law into consideration when fashioning domestic measures relating to animals and animal-related products that will withstand challenges from abroad.
Bruce Wagman (lead author of A Worldview of Animal Law) will present a comparative law animal analysis on how agricultural animals are treated in different jurisdictions, including the European Union and the United States. A comparison will be made both between the level of welfare and humane care incorporated into relevant laws.
Professor Thomas Kelch (Author of Globalization and Animal Law) will consider animal-related constitutional provisions from a number of countries including Germany, Switzerland, India and Brazil. These provisions range from broad hortatory statements to ones that seem to or actually do require the legislature to pass laws for the protection of animals. The efficacy of these provisions and their likely impact on future legislation and judicial interpretation of the law will be considered.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.