Papers, submissions and presentations
We've published, forwarded submissions, and presented widely on the subject of animal sentience and positive animal welfare law.
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Listed below are some of our selected picks chosen because they cover the key terms, concepts and issues relevant to the law reform advocated by SAL.
Submissions To Public Consultations & Government Committees:
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Submissions on Australian's Animal Welfare Strategy [Copy available upon request] [2024]
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Submissions to South Australia (Australia) public consultation on proposed animal law reforms [Copy available upon request] [2024]
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Submissions to Victoria (Australia) public consultation on proposed animal law reforms [Copy available upon request] [2024]
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Appearance in front of the New South Wales Standing Committee on State Development giving evidence at a hearing for the inquiry into Animal Welfare Policy in NSW (Australia) [2022]. A copy of the Opening Statement of the Sentient Animal Law Foundation is available upon request.
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Submissions to New South Wales (Australia) public consultation on proposed animal law reforms [Copy available upon request] [2021]
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Submissions to Queensland (Australia) public consultation on proposed animal law reforms [Copy available upon request] [2021]
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Submissions to Brexit public consultation on the Sentient Animal Law Bill [Copy available upon request][2021]​​
Published Papers:
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Recognising and Defining Animal Sentience in Legislation: A Framework for Importing Positive Animal Welfare Through the Five Domains Model’ (2022) 48(1) Monash University Law Review (forthcoming). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3910864
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Will Victoria (Australia) miss the Sentience Doorway and have a 2021 Animal Law Reform that is outdated even before it is enacted? https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3861352
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Sentience in the Animal Welfare Act, "To feel or not to feel; that is the legal question", The New Zealand Law Journal Feb 2017 [Copy available upon request]
Books:
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Animals, Welfare and the Law -
Fundamental Principles for Critical Assessment - https://www.routledge.com/Animals-Welfare-and-the-Law-Fundamental-Principles-for-Critical-Assessment/Robertson/p/book/9780415535632
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The second edition of "Animals, Welfare and the Law - Fundamental Principles Governing Sentient Animals" is scheduled for publication in 2025.
Presentations:
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Animal Welfare Law and the Sentient Animal: From Legislative Recognition to Definition - https://lawnewsroom.deakin.edu.au/articles/animal-welfare-law-and-the-sentient-animal-from-legislative-recognition-to-definition
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A view of law's “sentient” animal through the legal lens - Multistakeholder interactive government workshop - https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/30191/direct - https://www.mpi.govt.nz/animals/animal-welfare/national-animal-welfare-advisory-committee/animal-sentience-2017-workshop-speaker-videos/
