Farmed Animals and the Law

Legal Pathways Beyond Intensive Farming
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-1-5265-3714-0
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 457 g

Farmed Animals and the Law: Legal Pathways Beyond Intensive Farming is a concise and practical guide to the laws regulating farmed animals in the UK, placing them within the wider context of food system governance and climate commitments.

Farmed animal law is often equated with welfare legislation, but in reality it spans a wide range of domains: subsidies and competition, investment and finance, markets and trade, food safety and standards, sanitary and phytosanitary rules, labelling and consumer protection, as well as planning and environmental law. Together, these frameworks shape the UK food system and influence how the country meets its international obligations, including under the Paris Agreement. With around 85% of farmed animals in the UK reared in intensive systems, the handbook focuses in particular on the regulation and future of intensive farming.

Despite their importance, these legal regimes remain fragmented and underexplored. Lawyers working in specialist fields often lack a broader point of reference, while NGOs and campaigners may not have the expertise to navigate technical frameworks. This book addresses that gap by providing a clear, accessible overview that combines legal accuracy with usability.

Each chapter is designed for quick reference: setting out the relevant statutes, regulations, and case law, explaining their operation, and identifying the practical implications for enforcement and accountability. The book moves from the immediate level of farm welfare and planning permission through to international trade and climate regimes, tracing the links between animal agriculture, markets, and sustainability.

The result is a unique resource - authoritative yet approachable, academically grounded yet practice-focused - for lawyers, students, NGOs, and others concerned with the future of farming, food, and climate.

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Property and Land Law online service.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sargeant, Katya

English, Rosalind

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Foreword - Bruce Friedrich (Good Food Institute)
Introduction
2. Food System Transition and the Future of Food - Anniek Kortleve (Leiden University) and Professor Paul Behrens (University of Oxford)

I. Animals and public health
3. Animal Welfare - Edie Bowles (Founder and Director, Animal Law Foundation)

4. Animal and Public Health and Food Safety - Katya Sargeant (Durham University) and Professor Andrew Knight (Winchester University)
5. Animal Rights - Dr Joe Wills (University of Leicester)

II. Environment
6. Environmental Law - Acland Bryant (Garden Court Chambers)

7. Planning - Dr Alex Shattock (Landmark Chambers)

8. Nuisance and Human Rights - Michael Riordan (Richard Buxton Solicitors)
III. Markets and Supply Chain Governance
9. Corporate Structure, Ownership, and Accountability: A Broiler Case Study - Dr Jake Richardson (Royal Veterinary College)
10. Corporate Governance - Ted Loveday (Maitland Chambers)

11. Public Finance and Competition - Dr Brendan McGurk KC (Monckton Chambers)

12. Investment and Private Finance - David Lewis Hall (1 Crown Office Row)

13. International Trade - David Thomas (Co-Founder, Advocates for Animals)

IV. Human Rights
14. Labour and Employment - Amy Taylor (6 Pump Court)

15. Dietary Rights - Dr Jeanette Rowley (International Vegan Rights Network)

V. The Future of Food
16. Labelling and Marketing - Danielle Duffield (Parliamentary Advisor on Animal Welfare)

17. Alternative Proteins - Rosalind English (1 Crown Office Row)
VI. International Law
18. International Frameworks: From Rights to Finance Human - Zannis Mavrogordato (Arbitrator and Barrister) and Maya Pardo (Founder and Director, Communities Against Factory Farming)

19. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Sargeant, Katya
Katya Sargeant is a freelance policy and legal consultant on animal protection issues, specialising in farmed animals in the UK. She has worked at major animal protection NGOs in the UK, and she has taught at City, University of London, before holding a Visiting Research Fellowship at ZHAW. Katya was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn.

English, Rosalind
Rosalind English is academic consultant at the Chambers of Richard Booth KC, 1 Crown Office Row. She is editor of the UK Human Rights Blog and presenter of Law Pod UK. She taught public law and EU law at UCL and Oxford University for a number of years, and now is Law Tutor at Cambridge University's institute of Professional and Continuing Education. She has contributed to a number of books, including Principles of Public Law (Cavendish Publishing, 1999) by A.P. Le Sueur, J.W. Herberg, and R. English; An Introduction to Human Rights and the Common Law by Rosalind English and Philip Havers QC (Hart Publishing, 2000) and Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law (3rd edition, Sweet & Maxwell, published 2012.

Katya Sargeant is a freelance policy and legal consultant on animal protection issues, specialising in farmed animals in the UK. She has worked at major animal protection NGOs in the UK, and she has taught at City, University of London, before holding a Visiting Research Fellowship at ZHAW. Katya was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn.

Rosalind English is academic consultant at the Chambers of Richard Booth KC, 1 Crown Office Row. She is editor of the UK Human Rights Blog and presenter of Law Pod UK. She taught public law and EU law at UCL and Oxford University for a number of years, and now is Law Tutor at Cambridge University's institute of Professional and Continuing Education.