Law and Protest at the Periphery of Democracy

Evaluating Legal Responses to Animal Activism and Undercover Footage

von Katharina Braun

395 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

When animal rights activists enter farms or laboratories, they pose particular challenges for the law. How can the ethical motives of the activists be adequately taken into account in the legal assessment without giving them carte blanche for otherwise unlawful behaviour? This dissertation analyses, evaluates and compares the legislation and jurisprudence in Germany and other jurisdictions, particularly in the United States. In so doing, it incorporates the findings and methods of political theory alongside the legal assessment. The principles developed lay a foundation for a nuanced legal assessment of protest movements and methods on the limits of legality.

• Reihe: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Politischer Aktivismus / Politisches Engagement Interessengruppen, Protestbewegungen und gewaltfreie Aktionen
• ISBN: 9783756014583
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.12.2024
• Größe: 22.7 x 15.3 cm
• Verlag: Nomos