
Marie Leth-Espensen
Affiliated researcher

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