1st Edition
Creatures of Jurisprudence Bears and Bees as Juridical Species
By Edward Mussawir
Copyright 2025
228 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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To what extent can an animal constitute a ‘juridical species’? This highly original book considers how animals have been integral to law and to legal thinking.
Going beyond the traditional approaches to animal rights and the question of whether non-human animals may be considered legal ‘subjects,’ this book follows two types of animal – bears and bees – and asks what existence these species... Read more
Introduction: Bears and Bees, Juridical Species Part 1: Bears 1. Bears as Subjects of Law 2. Bears as Actions of Law 3. Bears as Articles of Law 4. Bears as Institutions of Law 5. Bears as Evidence of Laws Part 2: Bees 6. The Juridical Thought of Bees 7. The Juridical Nature of Bees 8. The Juridical Existence of Bees 9. The Juridical Invention of Bees
Biography
Edward Mussawir is Senior Lecturer in the Griffith Law School, Queensland, Australia.






