LW229-5-SP-CO:
Animal Protection and Wildlife Law
2023/24
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Monday 15 January 2024
Friday 22 March 2024
15
16 October 2023
Requisites for this module
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This 15 credit module, taught over one term, will introduce students to the legal issues raised by the human treatment and use of animals.
Upon completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the over-arching regimes that pertain to each category of animals; they will gain an insight into the detailed requirements of legislation and case-law and, in so doing, they will necessarily consider the philosophical underpinnings of these laws.
In short, and to paraphrase Orwell, this module will require the students to recognise that all animals may be equal but the treatment afforded to them by the law radically differs from species to species.
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Specifically the module will consider the following aspects:
1. The competing philosophical perspectives on the treatment of animals
2. The categorisational approach to animal welfare law
3. A recognition of how the laws that pertain to the categories of animals reflects both this perspective and categorisational approach, with emphasis on:
a. Animals as a food source:
b. Animals used in scientific experiments.
c. Worked, captive and companion animals:
d. Domestic wildlife:
e. Endangered, threatened and exotic species:
4. Key concepts of animal welfare law discourse, such as unnecessary suffering, the Five Freedoms and the Three Rs.
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The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
LW229-5-SP - Summative |
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100% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Darren Calley, email: dscall@essex.ac.uk.
Law Education Office, lawschoolug@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 24 hours, 23 (95.8%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
1 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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