Papers, submissions and presentations
We've published, forwarded submissions, and presented widely on the subject of animal sentience and positive animal welfare law.
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Will Victoria (Australia) miss the Sentience Doorway and have a 2021 Animal Law Reform that is outdated even before it is enacted?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/
