Course Description
The Summer School Animal Law, Rights and Representation offers an intensive programme of 5 days of lectures and workshops on different aspects of animal (rights) law.
Students will dive into the emerging field of animal rights law from a transnational perspective. They will be familiarized with the basics of animal rights law, get to know about issues concerning the representation of animals in court, and study the transnational aspects of the law addressing animals. Moreover, they will get the chance to interact with practitioners and animal law scholars that will give guest lectures during the course, amongst which the directors of the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law. The aim is to give a comprehensive and critical overview of the relevant theories and laws addressing animals, including supranational, international, and national perspectives.
Participants successfully completing the course will have a strong basis in animal rights law for their further careers.
Target group
Third Bachelor and Master Students in Law. Participants should have at least completed 2 full years of education in a relevant field of study.
Social Programme
Participants will be able to get in touch with peers attending other summer/winter schools at Antwerp Summer and Winter University. A visit to the beautiful city hall, a networking reception, a guided city walk, a quiz night, a football game and a day-trip to another Belgian city such as Bruges or Brussels are only some examples of these activities. All activities of the social programme are offered free of charge, in some cases participants will be asked for a deposit which will be reimbursed upon participation to the activity.
Specific social activities in the days around and during the summer school on Animal Law, Rights and Representation will be announced close to the start of the programme.
