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Marie Leth-Espensen, private photo

Marie Leth-Espensen

Affiliated researcher

Marie Leth-Espensen, private photo

Beyond Law's Anthropocentrism. A Sociolegal Reflection on Animal Law and the More-than-human Turn

Author

  • Marie Leth-Espensen
  • Måns Svensson

Summary, in English

In this explorative paper, we examine the emerging body of scholarship that has recently started incorporating more-than-human perspectives in the nexus of law, society, and animals. While ‘more-than-human’ refers to a plurality of theoretical positions, for our purpose we take these positions to reflect the attempt to move away from human exceptionalism in favour of a multispecies account of the world, which reflects the social, political, and ethical significance of nonhuman animals. Our objectives as we investigate the potential of more-than-human law are threefold: (a) to review recent developments in legal and sociolegal research that adopt a more-than-human framework, (b) to bring this strand of more-than-human studies into conversation with animal law scholarship, and (c) to explore how sociology of law’s empirical tradition can contribute to such conversations.

Department/s

  • Department of Sociology of Law

Publishing year

2021

Language

English

Pages

35-50

Publication/Series

Scandinavian Studies in Law

Volume

67

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • Animal Law
  • More-than-human
  • Sociology of Law
  • Multispecies
  • Anthropocentrism
  • Politics of Care
  • Legal geography

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0085-5944