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The Legal Situation of Animals in Switzerland : Two Steps Forward , One Step Back – Many Steps to go thE lEgal situation of animals in switzErland : two stEPs forward , onE stEP BaCk – many stEPs to go
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Michel, Margot Kayasseh, Eveline Schneider |
| Abstract | In the last several years there have been various reforms enacted in Swiss law that were intended to improve the status and protection of animals. In 1993 the “dignity of the Creature” was enshrined in the constitution1 and, building on that, was taken up in 2008 as the “dignity of animals” in the completely revised Animal Protection Act. Additionally, in 2003 a change of law went into effect, a landmark article in the Civil Code stated that animals are not objects. This effected changes to tort law, inheritance law and title law. And in the spring of 2010 there took place the internationally much observed referendum on the Swiss-wide introduction of “Animal Attorneys” – an initiative which was unfortunately rejected. Most of these reforms are the product of popular initiatives. Switzerland’s particular polity2 – a semi-direct democracy with a highly developed right to popular votes, in particular popular initiative and the possibility of national referendums so as to change laws3 – has proven to be a perennial instigator of improvements in the |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.afgoetschel.com/de/downloads/legal-situation-of-animals-in-switzerland.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
