The moral scope of legal personality: the case to recognise nonhuman animals
Nonhuman animals are generally excluded from the scope of legal personhood. Such exclusion renders nonhuman animals vulnerable to human tyranny. By STEPHANIE D’AMELIO.
US Nonhuman Rights Project
Rethinking the boundaries of legal personhood
The status of legal personhood grants rights and privileges to a number of living and non-living entities, but currently excludes non-human animals, which are treated…