Constitutional legal personality of a person in the context of animal ethics

The article discusses conceptual and normative approaches to determining the status of an animal in modern society and the possibility of its assessment from the point of view of granting independent rights and legitimate interests. Taking into account changes in legislation and judicial practice, it is concluded that the expansion of the understanding of the constitutional legal personality of the individual is moving in Western countries and in Russia in various ways: while in the USA and Europe they have come close to the possibility of extending part of the elements of legal personality to non-human animals, in the Russian Federation the constitutional legal personality of the individual is developing through the establishment of additional duties and restrictions on human rights and freedoms in order to ensure the legitimate interests of animals.

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legal status of the animal, legitimate interests of the animal, dignity of the individual, animal ethics, constitutional legal personality

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19.01.2022

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20.02.2023

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GOST	Kapitonova E., Romanovsky G. Constitutional legal personality of a person in the context of animal ethics // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2023. – Issue 1 C. 23-33 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520018305-6-1 (circulation date: 19.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520018305-6
MLA	Kapitonova, Elena A, Romanovsky, George B "Constitutional legal personality of a person in the context of animal ethics." Gosudarstvo i pravo `1 (2023):23-33. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520018305-6
APA	Kapitonova E., Romanovsky G. (2023). Constitutional legal personality of a person in the context of animal ethics. Gosudarstvo i pravo (`1), pp.23-33 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520018305-6

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