The Animal Voice: Securing Interests Through Law

 

This years’ 2013 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series for the Gold Coast region, will be held in Lecture Theatre 4 at Bond University on Monday, 13 May 2013. 

In its seventh year, the 2013 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series will present the nation’s leading legal minds to discuss different approaches of animal law including constitutions and treaties that provide protection for animals, regulatory issues, standing, property status and ethics. 

Exploring these legal considerations for the Lecture Series in the Gold Coast region, Voiceless is proud to announce keynote speaker, Antoine F. Goetschel who will give his international perspective and also Professor Nick James, Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Law at Bond University who will give a domestic perspective. 

Antoine Goetschel is a Swiss lawyer based in Zurich with a career focus on animal law. Currently partner at law firm Krepper Knecht Partner, Antoine was previously the animal welfare lawyer for the Canton of Zurich. The first position of its kind worldwide, Antoine represented the interests of animals in criminal cases as a public official.  As the founder and former Director of the Foundation for the Animal and a specialist in human-animal-relationships in Swiss and international law, Antoine has represented animal interests in cruelty cases and played a prominent role in Swiss animal law referendums. He fought successfully for having the “dignity of living beings” protected by the Swiss Constitution and for animals being recognised as non-objects in legislation.  As one of the world’s leading animal rights lawyers and a pioneer in this field, Antoine will undoubtedly deliver an inspiring and insightful presentation on the potential future of animal law.

Professor Nick James, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law at Bond University.   He is a former commercial lawyer, and has been an academic since 1996. His areas of teaching expertise include business and commercial law, ‘law in society’ and legal theory, company law, the law of succession and property law. He has taught animal law to first year law students since 2008, and recently conducted a workshop on best practices in animal law education at the UTAS Animal Law Conference 2013.  Professor James will discuss the origins of contemporary debates about animal welfare and animal rights in divergent views about the moral status of animals. Professor James will present his talk ‘Why some care a lot, some care a little and some don’t care at all: competing ethical frameworks in animal welfare debates’.

This lecture is open to the public and free to attend.

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When

13 May 2013
5.45 pm - 7.15 pm
(Light refreshments will be served from 5.00 pm)

Where

Bond University
Lecture Theatre 4
University Centre
Building 6

Contact Information

Mairead Courtney
Events Officer
Faculty of Law
Tel; (07) 5595 1042