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Professor Michael Dorf (Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell Law School) presented "If We Didn’t Eat Them, They Wouldn’t Exist" on 10th March as part of the tenth anniversary of our Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series.
This series is a welcoming, engaging, and rigorous forum for debate and ideas about the relations between animals, law, and philosophy. Events in this series are held via Zoom, free and open to all.
The views expressed in these talks are those of the respective speakers and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law.
The series is made possible through generous sponsorship by the International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR). The work of the Centre is supported by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy.
The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law is an academic centre dedicated to the study, understanding and promotion of fundamental rights for non-human animals, based in Cambridge, UK. Find more information at animalrightslaw.org
Professor Michael Dorf (Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell Law School) presented "If We Didn’t Eat Them, They Wouldn’t Exist" on 10th March as part of the tenth anniversary of our Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series.
This series is a welcoming, engaging, and rigorous forum for debate and ideas about the relations between animals, law, and philosophy. Events in this series are held via Zoom, free and open to all.
The views expressed in these talks are those of the respective speakers and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law.
The series is made possible through generous sponsorship by the International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR). The work of the Centre is supported by the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy.
The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law is an academic centre dedicated to the study, understanding and promotion of fundamental rights for non-human animals, based in Cambridge, UK. Find more information at animalrightslaw.org









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