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Lecture on the Struggle of the Nonhuman Rights Project to Gain Legal Rights for Nonhuman Animals

8 May 2018 - Tue / 1 day / 3:00pm - 5:00pm / Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium Wisma Badan Peguam Malaysia (Formerly known as Wisma Straits Trading) Unit 2-02A, 2nd Floor 2 Leboh Pasar Besar, 50050 Kuala Lumpur

The Nonhuman Rights Project (“NhRP”) works to secure legally recognised fundamental rights for animals through litigation, advocacy and education. This lecture focuses on the struggles faced by NhRP in fighting for fundamental animal rights, and will provide the audience with a broader perspective on legal personhood, inspire innovative views on the law and raise environmental awareness.

Organisers: Bar Council

CPD Points: 1
Event Code:
T3/08052018/BC/BC184275/1

Description

The Nonhuman Rights Project (“NhRP”) works to secure legally recognised fundamental rights for animals through litigation, advocacy and education. This lecture focuses on the struggles faced by NhRP in fighting for fundamental animal rights, and will provide the audience with a broader perspective on legal personhood, inspire innovative views on the law and raise environmental awareness.

Speaker

Steven M Wise is founder and president of the NhRP. He has practised animal protection law for 30 years throughout the USA and is the author of four books: Rattling the Cage — Toward Legal Rights for Animals; Drawing the Line — Science and the Case for Animal Rights; Though the Heavens May Fall — The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery; and An American Trilogy — Death, Slavery, and Dominion Along the Banks of the Cape Fear River. He holds a J.D. degree from Boston University Law School and a B.S. degree in Chemistry from the College of William and Mary.

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