Extending Court-Protected Legal Person Status to Non-Human Entities

Extending Court-Protected Legal Person Status to Non-Human Entities

Left unattended, the corrosive effects of trafficking-related corruption have the potential to incrementally erode and eventually destroy the very foundations of legitimate and effective government and the rule of law. We see its fruits manifest worldwide to varying degrees in numerous governments....

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Main Author: Markus Zimmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association for Court Administration 2017-05-01
Series:International Journal for Court Administration
Subjects:
Courts, Non human-entities, standing
Online Access:https://www.iacajournal.org/articles/237
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spelling doaj-70e8e87dd75d400eb4ec8428167a28152020-11-25T03:42:11ZengInternational Association for Court Administration International Journal for Court Administration2156-79642017-05-01821310.18352/ijca.237207Extending Court-Protected Legal Person Status to Non-Human EntitiesMarkus Zimmer0Founding President of IACA, President of IACA Advisory CouncilLeft unattended, the corrosive effects of trafficking-related corruption have the potential to incrementally erode and eventually destroy the very foundations of legitimate and effective government and the rule of law. We see its fruits manifest worldwide to varying degrees in numerous governments. If this fledgling movement to extend to non-Homo sapiens the status of legal persons with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person catches on and that status is institutionalized as justiciable in national and international court systems, it may transform how modern societies value and protect their non-human wildlife and marine resources. The time for such transformation is long overdue.https://www.iacajournal.org/articles/237Courts, Non human-entities, standing
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Extending Court-Protected Legal Person Status to Non-Human Entities
International Journal for Court Administration
Courts, Non human-entities, standing
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title Extending Court-Protected Legal Person Status to Non-Human Entities
title_short Extending Court-Protected Legal Person Status to Non-Human Entities
title_full Extending Court-Protected Legal Person Status to Non-Human Entities
title_fullStr Extending Court-Protected Legal Person Status to Non-Human Entities
title_full_unstemmed Extending Court-Protected Legal Person Status to Non-Human Entities
title_sort extending court-protected legal person status to non-human entities
publisher International Association for Court Administration
series International Journal for Court Administration
issn 2156-7964
publishDate 2017-05-01
description Left unattended, the corrosive effects of trafficking-related corruption have the potential to incrementally erode and eventually destroy the very foundations of legitimate and effective government and the rule of law. We see its fruits manifest worldwide to varying degrees in numerous governments. If this fledgling movement to extend to non-Homo sapiens the status of legal persons with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person catches on and that status is institutionalized as justiciable in national and international court systems, it may transform how modern societies value and protect their non-human wildlife and marine resources. The time for such transformation is long overdue.
topic Courts, Non human-entities, standing
url https://www.iacajournal.org/articles/237
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