Call for Submissions: Special Issue on Animal Rights! Submit till 28 December 2023!

Theme

The second issue of the Environmental Rights Review will focus on the place of animal rights within the landscape of scholarship on environmental rights. Animals have been awarded legal personhood and/or legal rights in various jurisdictions, though these are sometimes argued to be weak. Scholarship on animal rights is growing steadily. Yet, there has been relatively little attention given to the question of how or whether narratives and theories of animal rights fit within the evolving landscape of environmental rights. This landscape includes rights of nature and the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment (explored in issue 1). For this special issue, we welcome contributions that address this interface through cutting-edge research on philosophy, legal theory, animal rights litigation or legislation, or the future of animal rights. This is not an exhaustive list, and we welcome contributions that are experimental, adventurous, and creative, noting that the journal intends to be a workshop space where we can revisit and experiment with old ideas and practices, and develop new approaches and methods.

Important Dates

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 28 December 2023

Deadline for submission of full manuscripts: 1 March 2024

Selection process and appointment of external peer reviewers: 1-15 March 2024

Peer review: 15 March – 15 April 2024

Feedback to authors and revision of accepted papers: 15 April – 1 June 2024

Deadline for submission of final revised manuscript: 1 June 2024 at the latest (please note we may provide an earlier deadline, depending on the manuscript)

Editorial work: June-July 2024

Publication: from July 2024 onwards

Submission Instructions

Contributions should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words. We also invite opinion pieces by scholars, practitioners, activists, defenders and policy-makers on the same subject, of no more than 4,000 words. In addition, we welcome images, art works and other original creations.

We are using the OSCOLA referencing guide for the journal’s referencing style and we will rely on a double blind review process.

The Review is committed to ensuring gender and geographical diversity. The review encourages submissions from the Global South, Indigenous, LGBTQQIP2SAA and junior scholars. The review is entirely free and its editors are committed to finding new and innovative ways to ensure accessibility, especially for those without easy access to formal academic resources.

Please submit your abstracts and full manuscripts by the aforementioned deadlines to [email protected].