Abstract
Autore:
Mazza Mauro
Titolo:
"Nuove prospettive del diritto costituzionale comparato: la tutela giuridica degli animali"
The essay first examines
the definitional aspects of animal law and/
or animal rights, particularly in relation to
environmental law, as well as in connection
to anthropocentric and biocentric approaches
and the debate between abolitionists and protectionists.
It then analyses, in a broad comparative
perspective, the main constitutional
provisions that presently provide for the protection
of animals and the dignity of sentient
creatures, both in countries that follow the
Western legal tradition that in extra-occidental
legal contexts. Finally, it considers critically
the prospects for the possible reform of
the Italian Constitution, in view of the (best)
protection of non-human animals.
