Overview
Streamlined chapters based on the importance of topics and emerging laws, such as pollinator protection, soil management, overfishing, industrial animal farming and many more
Written by the foremost experts in the interdisciplinary field of international food animal law and policy, food safety, sustainable agriculture and animal welfare
Clear contextualization and an overview of the most relevant laws around the world
Provides practitioners and students the tools to apply the skills taught in this book to actual legal issues and current challenges presented in both an educational and professional context
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction to Farm and Food Animal Law
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Industrial Animal Agriculture
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Marine Animals and Fishing
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About this book
This volume is an inspiring and breakthrough piece of academic scholarship and the first of its kind featuring a comprehensive reader-friendly approach to teach the intricacies of the various aspects of international farm animal, wildlife conservation, food safety and environmental protection law. The selected focus areas are grouped in sections, such as agrobiodiversity, fishing and aquaculture, pollinators and pesticides, soil management, industrial animal production and transportation, and international food trade. Farm animal welfare, environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, and food safety are the core of the selected chapters. Every chapter provides real-world examples to make the complex field easy to understand.
With its systematic approach, this book is devoted to anyone interested in the subject, becomes a valuable resource for professionals working in food regulation, and provides a solid foundation for courses and master’s programs in animal law, environmental policy, food and agriculture law, and regulation of these subjects around the world. Through its emphasis on sustainable food production, this work offers a cutting-edge selection of evolving topics at the heart of the pertinent discourse.
As one of its highlights, this books also provides “Tools for Change,” a unique compilation and analysis of laws from the major farm animal product trading nations. With these tools, practitioners, advocates, policy makers and other state-holders are equipped with information to start work toward improving farm animal welfare, wildlife conservation, and food safety through the use of law and policy.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Farm Animal, Wildlife and Food Safety Law
Editors: Gabriela Steier, Kiran K. Patel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18002-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18001-4Published: 16 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79243-9Published: 28 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18002-1Published: 09 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 868
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Environmental Law, Food Science, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Agriculture