La représentation des individus d’une espèce animale devant le juge français

The animal is protected by French criminal law against abuses and cruelty. To give effect to this protection, the Code of Criminal Procedure allows animal welfare associations to exercice civil action to defend the interests of animals victims of such offenses. This representation of individuals of...

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Main Author: Lucille Boisseau-Sowinski
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Language:fra
Published: Éditions en environnement VertigO 2015-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/16234
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description The animal is protected by French criminal law against abuses and cruelty. To give effect to this protection, the Code of Criminal Procedure allows animal welfare associations to exercice civil action to defend the interests of animals victims of such offenses. This representation of individuals of an animal species before the judge ask about the defended interest : is it the interest of the animal that is represented for protection or rather one of its owner or even the general interest ? We find that there is now a form of indirect representation of the animal’s interest that remains relatively limited. For this representation becomes useful and effective, it should, however, that the interest of the animal can be defended directly before the Courts and that it is therefore granted legal status other than that to object of rights.
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spelling doaj-art-1a21df87d6e14c72abf505bcc6c7d9bc2025-01-09T12:41:07ZfraÉditions en environnement VertigOVertigO1492-84422015-09-012210.4000/vertigo.16234La représentation des individus d’une espèce animale devant le juge françaisLucille Boisseau-SowinskiThe animal is protected by French criminal law against abuses and cruelty. To give effect to this protection, the Code of Criminal Procedure allows animal welfare associations to exercice civil action to defend the interests of animals victims of such offenses. This representation of individuals of an animal species before the judge ask about the defended interest : is it the interest of the animal that is represented for protection or rather one of its owner or even the general interest ? We find that there is now a form of indirect representation of the animal’s interest that remains relatively limited. For this representation becomes useful and effective, it should, however, that the interest of the animal can be defended directly before the Courts and that it is therefore granted legal status other than that to object of rights.https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/16234animal rightsdefense of animalsrepresentation before the courtsanimal protection associationlegal status of the animal
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La représentation des individus d’une espèce animale devant le juge français
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animal rights
defense of animals
representation before the courts
animal protection association
legal status of the animal
title La représentation des individus d’une espèce animale devant le juge français
title_full La représentation des individus d’une espèce animale devant le juge français
title_fullStr La représentation des individus d’une espèce animale devant le juge français
title_full_unstemmed La représentation des individus d’une espèce animale devant le juge français
title_short La représentation des individus d’une espèce animale devant le juge français
title_sort la representation des individus d une espece animale devant le juge francais
topic animal rights
defense of animals
representation before the courts
animal protection association
legal status of the animal
url https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/16234
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