Animals as Legal Beings

Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders

Maneesha Deckha

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University of Toronto Press
04 January 2021

Society & culture: general; Age groups: adults; Alternative lifestyles; Sociology & anthropology; Anthropology

"In Animals as Legal Beings, Maneesha Deckha critically examines how Canadian law and, by extension, other legal orders around the world, participate in the social construction of the human-animal divide and the abject rendering of animals as property. Through a rigorous but cogent analysis, Deckha calls for replacing the exploitative property classification for animals with a new transformative legal status or subjectivity called ""beingness.""

In developing a new legal subjectivity for animals, one oriented toward respecting animals for who they are rather than their proximity to idealized versions of humanness, Animals as Legal Beings seeks to bring critical animal theorizations and animal law closer together. Throughout, Deckha draws upon the feminist animal care tradition, as well as feminist theories of embodiment and relationality, postcolonial theory, and critical animal studies. Her argument is critical of the liberal legal view of animals and directed at a legal subjectivity for animals attentive to their embodied vulnerability, and desirous of an animal-friendly cultural shift in the core foundations of anthropocentric legal systems.

Theoretically informed yet accessibly presented, Animals as Legal Beings makes a significant contribution to an array of interdisciplinary debates and is an innovative and astute argument for a meaningful more-than-human turn in law and policy."

By: Maneesha Deckha
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781487525873
ISBN 10: 1487525877
Pages: 348
Publication Date: 04 January 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maneesha Deckha is a professor and Lansdowne Chair in Law at the University of Victoria.

Reviews for Animals as Legal Beings: Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders

Animals as property or animals as persons? This dichotomy has consumed scholars debating the legal status of animals. Esteemed feminist and post-colonial scholar, Maneesha Deckha breaks through this dichotomy with her argument that animals should occupy the novel legal category of 'beingness.' Her conclusions land in surprising places and must be confronted by anyone seriously concerned with the legal status of animals. - Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, New York University Finally! - a comprehensive analysis of animal law that does not rest upon anthropocentric liberal assumptions, but instead advocates for 'beingness' as a new legal subjectivity for animals. A must-read for anyone who cares about more-than-humans. - Irus Braverman, Professor and William J. Magavern Faculty Scholar, The State University of New York at Buffalo