Anne Peters Why Do We Need a Global Animal Law?
Anne Peters is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law as well as a professor at Heidelberg University, Free University Berlin, the University of Basel and William C. Cook Global Law Professor at Michigan Law School. She acted as a legal expert in the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (2009) and was a substitute member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (2011-14). Currently, her research is focused on public international law, its history, global animal law, global governance and global constitutionalism, and the status of humans in international law. She has served on several boards of learned societies and, at the moment, she is Vice-President of the Basel Institute of Governance.
Area of Research
Public International Law, Comparative Law
since 2013
Director
Max Planck Society (more details)
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
since 2017
William C. Cook Global Law Professor
University of Michigan
since 2015
Professor
Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin)
since 2014
Professor
Heidelberg University (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
since 2013
Professor
University of Basel (Universität Basel)
2016
Visiting Professor/ PKU Global Fellowship Scholar
Peking University
Law School
2016
Distinguished Helen L. Deroy Visiting Professor
University of Michigan
Law School
2015
Visiting Professor
Université Panthéon-Sorbonne
École de droit
2014
Visiting Professor
Peking University
Institute for International Law
2014
Visiting Professor
Université Panthéon-Assas
Institut des hautes études internationales
2001-2013
Chair of Public and International Law
University of Basel (Universität Basel)
2009
Visiting Professor
Sciences Po
1995-2001
Research Assistant
Kiel University (Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel)
Walther-Schücking Institute for Public International Law
1990-1994
Research Assistant
Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
Faculty of Law
2000
Habilitation
Kiel University (Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel)
1995
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Harvard University
Law School
1994
PhD
Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
- European Society of International Law (President 2010-12)
- German Association of International Law
- German Association of Constitutional Law
- Society of International Constitutional Law
- International Law Association
- Austrian Academy of Sciences (Corresponding Member)
Fellowships
- Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin 2012/2013
Prizes
- Book Award of the American Society of International Law (2014)
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Max Planck Society
Heidelberg, Germany"The Max Planck Society is Germany's most successful research organization. Since its establishment in 1948, no fewer than 18 Nobel laureates have emerged from the ranks of its scientists, putting it on a par with the best and most prestigious research institutions worldwide. The more than 15,000 publications each year in internationally renowned scientific journals are proof of the outstanding research work conducted at Max Planck Institutes – and many of those articles are among the most-cited publications in the relevant field." (Source)
Institute
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law was founded in 1924 and located at the City Palace in Berlin. In 1949, it was established anew as the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg by the Max Planck Society. It focuses on basic research in public international law, European Union law and comparative constitutional and administrative law. The Institute's research examines legal issues from the perspective of legal doctrine and theory, systematizes and compares, and contributes to the development of law and to addressing current problems. In addition, the Institute hosts many visiting scholars from around the world who pursue their own research. The Institute also advises national, European and international institutions.
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There is no global regulation, let alone any hard-law treaties, that deal with the interactions between humans and animals even though these have been globalized in many areas, such as for food, agriculture, or the procurement of pets. This is why ANNE PETERS has initiated a research program on Global Legal Animal Studies as she explains in this video. Analyzing international law and comparing domestic laws, she has established trends and found bits and pieces in some legal issue areas that may amount to a body of global animal law. She hopes that these results provide a source of inspiration and argumentation for lawmakers worldwide to develop global animal law further.
LT Video Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.21036/LTPUB10534
Introduction to Symposium on Global Animal Law (Part I): Animals Matter in International Law and International Law Matters for Animals
- Anne Peters
- AJIL Unbound
- Published in 2017
Tierwohl als globales Gut: Regulierungsbedarf und -chancen
- Anne Peters
- RW Rechtswissenschaft
- Published in 2016
Global Animal Law: What It Is and Why We Need It
- Anne Peters
- Transnational Environmental Law
- Published in 2016
