Contribution to Book
Environmental Law and International Trade: Public Morality as a Tool for Advancing Animal Rights
What Can Animal Law Learn From Environmental Law
(2020)
Abstract
This chapter analyzes the use of public morality as a defense to inter- national obligations. It considers whether and under what circumstances a nation is required to adhere to international agreements when those agree- ments involve morally questionable practices against animals. A case study of the World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint by Canada and certain Scandinavian countries against the European Union’s (EU’s) import ban of certain seal products is examined to illustrate this inquiry.
Keywords
- animal rights,
- international law,
- public morality,
- environmental law
Disciplines
Publication Date
July 1, 2020
Editor
Randall Abate
Publisher
ELI Press
Citation Information
Chad J McGuire. "Environmental Law and International Trade: Public Morality as a Tool for Advancing Animal Rights" 2Washington DCWhat Can Animal Law Learn From Environmental Law (2020) p. 581 - 598 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/chad_mcguire/74/