Saskia Stucki
Dr. iur., Senior Research Fellow
stucki@mpil.de
Tel. +49 (6221) 482-350
Main Fields of Research:
Animal law, animal rights, fundamental rights for animals, animal legal personhood; theories of rights; human rights philosophy and law; climate and environmental law; greenstreaming
Academic Career:
since 2021: deputy sex equality officer at the MPIL
since 2020: Habilitiation in the field of climate and environmental law
2018-2020: Swiss National Science Foundation Advanced Postdoc.Mobility grant / visiting researcher at Harvard Law School and Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law.
since 2016: Senior Research Fellow at the MPIL
2015: University of Basel, Ph.D. (summa cum laude)
Dissertation: Fundamental Rights for Animals (Grundrechte für Tiere: Eine Kritik des geltenden Tierschutzrechts und rechtstheoretische Grundlegung von Tierrechten im Rahmen einer Neupositionierung des Tieres als Rechtssubjekt), Fundamenta Juridica 69, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2016
Awards:
- SVRSP Award 2017 of the Swiss Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
- Felix Wankel Animal Welfare Research Junior Award 2017 of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Professor Walther Hug Award 2017
- Faculty Award 2016 of the University of Basel Law School
Reviews:
- Tierstudien 11/2017, 161ff (Nico Müller)
- Natur und Recht 39 (2017), 762 (Dr. Tobias Schneider)
- RFL Rundschau für Fleischhygiene und Lebensmittelüberwachung 2/2017, 70 (Dr. Andrea Volke-Middendorf)
- RphZ - Rechtsphilosophie: Zeitschrift für Grundlagen des Rechts 4/2017, 431ff (Anje Schulz)
2014: Summer fellowship at Wesleyan University (USA); Animals & Society Institute and Wesleyan Animal Studies Human-Animal Studies Fellowship
2012-2016: Coordinator of the doctoral programme "Law and Animals" at the Law School of the University of Basel
2011-2012: Research assistant at the chair for public and international law of Prof. Dr. Anne Peters, University of Basel
2011-2015: Doctoral studies, University of Basel
2010-2011: Student assistant at the chair for public and international law of Prof. Dr. Anne Peters, University of Basel
2006-2011: Law studies, University of Basel
Recent Publications
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Judicial Courage in the Face of Climate Crisis and State Inaction: In Defence of Green Civil Disobedience.
In: Public Jurist (subsidiary magazine of the Hong Kong Journal of Law and Public Affairs) December 2020, 41-46 (2020).
Public Jurist Dec 2020
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Towards a Theory of Legal Animal Rights: Simple and Fundamental Rights.
In: Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 40, 533-560 (2020). doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqaa007.
https://academic.oup.com/ojls/article/do...
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Editorial: Animal Rights - Interconnections with Human Rights and the Environment.
In: Journal of Human Rights and the Environment 11, 149-155 (2020). doi: https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2020.02.00 (with
Tom Sparks,
Visa Kurki).
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...
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Animal Rights. In: Encyclopedia for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy,
Sellers M.,
Kirste S. (eds.). Springer, Dordrecht 2020 (with
Visa Kurki).
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-...
stucki-kurki2020_referenceworkentry_animalrights-v1.pdf
(PDF, 169.9 KB)
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Menschenrechte für Tiere: Von der theoretischen Begründung zur praktischen Verrechtlichung. In: Die Idee subjektiver Rechte,
Eric Hilgendorf,
Benno Zabel (eds.). De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2021,
319-335.
https://www.degruyter.com/view/book/9783...
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Fundamental Rights for Animals (Grundrechte für Tiere: Eine Kritik des geltenden Tierschutzrechts und rechtstheoretische Grundlegung von Tierrechten im Rahmen einer Neupositionierung des Tieres als Rechtssubjekt).
Fundamenta Juridica 69.
Nomos,
Baden-Baden, 2016, 445 p., Diss. Basel, 2015
eBook
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(Certified) Humane Violence? Animal Production, the Ambivalence of Humanizing the Inhumane, and What International Humanitarian Law Has to Do with It. In: Studies in Global Animal Law,
Anne Peters (ed.). Springer, Heidelberg 2020,
121-131.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10...
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(Certified) Humane Violence? Animal Welfare Labels, the Ambivalence of Humanizing the Inhumane, and What International Humanitarian Law Has to Do with It.
In: AJIL Unbound 111, 277-281 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1017/aju.2017.65...
Stucki_certified_humane_violence1.pdf
(PDF, 120.7 KB)
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Menschenrechte für Tiere: Von der Theorie zur Praxis.
In: Tierärztliche Umschau 12/2017, 484-488 (2017).
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Kritische Anmerkungen zur (weiterhin) aktuellen Küken-Rechtsprechung.
In: Tierärztliche Umschau 11/2017, 440-444 (2017).
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Die Nutzung kommt vor dem Schutz - und andere Lehren aus der neuen Küken-Rechtsprechung.
In: Rechtswissenschaft 7, 521-541 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.5771/1868-8098-2016-3...
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Global Animal Law.
In: Yearbook of the Max Planck Society 2016/2017 (2017) (with
Anne Peters).
https://www.mpg.de/10892322/mpil_jb_2017...
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Animal Law: Reform or Revolution?.
Schulthess, Zürich, 2015, 152 p.
(editor with
Anne Peters,
Livia Boscardin).
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Tierversuchsrichtlinie 2010/63/EU: Rechtsgutachten zu ihrer Umsetzung in Deutschland.
Schulthess,
Zürich, 2014, 200 p. (with
Anne Peters)
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Die "tierliche Person" als Tertium datur: Eine Extrapolation aus aktuellen tierschutzrechtlichen Subjektivierungsansätzen und kritische Reflexion aus feministischer Perspektive. In: Würde der Kreatur: Ethische und rechtliche Beiträge zu einem umstrittenen Konzept,
Christoph Ammann,
Birgit Christensen,
Lorenz Engi,
Margot Michel (eds.). Schulthess, Zürich 2015,
287-326.
Stucki_Die_tierliche_Person_als_Tertium_datur1.pdf
(PDF, 3975.0 KB)
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Rechtswissenschaft: Vom Recht über Tiere zu den Legal Animal Studies. In: Disziplinierte Tiere? Perspektiven der Human-Animal Studies für die wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen,
Reingard Spannring,
Karin Schachinger,
Gabriela Kompatscher,
Alejandro Boucabeille (eds.). Transcript, Bielefeld 2015,
229-255 (with
Margot Michel).
Michel_Stucki_Legal_Animal_Studies1.pdf
(PDF, 2999.7 KB)
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Rechtstheoretische Reflexionen zur Begründung eines tierlichen Rechtssubjekts. In: Animal Law - Tier und Recht: Developments and Perspectives in the 21st Century - Entwicklungen und Perspektiven im 21. Jahrhundert,
Margot Michel,
Daniela Kühne,
Julia Hänni (eds.). Dike/BWV, Zürich/Berlin 2012,
143-172.
Stucki_Offprint1.pdf
(PDF, 437.9 KB)
Blogposts
Working Papers
Further Publications
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Special Issue: Animal Rights - Interconnections with Human Rights and the Environment.
In: Journal of Human Rights and the Environment 11/2, 149-329 (2020) (with
Tom Sparks,
Visa Kurki).
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...
Presentations
22 Mar 2021
Human Rights vs. Animal Rights? A Philosophical Journey from Human Exceptionalism to Transspecies Universalism
Université Catholique de Lille
26 Jan 2021
Von Schlachthöfen und Schlachtfeldern: Zur Humanisierung von Gewalt im Tierschutzrecht
University of Kassel
21 Dec 2020
In dubio pro populo: Der direktdemokratische Weg zu Tiergrundrechten
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
14 Dec 2020
In Defence of Green Civil Disobedience: Swiss and German Judicial Innovations on the Necessity Front
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
10 Dec 2019
Humanizing the "War on Animals"
Harvard Animal Law & Policy Workshop
Harvard Law School
25 Oct 2019
Humanizing the "War on Animals"
NYU Animal Studies Reading Group
New York University
11 Jul 2019
Legal Animal Rights
29th IVR World Congress (with Visa Kurki)
University of Lucerne
26 Apr 2019
Legal Animal Rights: Simple and Fundamental
Launch of the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law
University of Cambridge
30 Oct 2018
Elements of a Legal Theory of Animal Rights
Animal Law and Policy Workshop
Harvard Law School
03 Oct 2018
Toward Fundamental Rights for Animals
Panel on Animal Legal Personhood
American University Washington College of Law
19 Jan 2018
Animals and the Law Panel Discussion
4th Minding Animals Conference
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
18 Jan 2018
Human Rights and Animal Rights: Divergence or Convergence?
4th Minding Animals Conference
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
11 Dec 2017
Von EidgenossInnen und fremden RichterInnen: Die Selbstbestimmungsinitiative und ihr verfassungsrechtlicher Kontext
(together with Raffaela Kunz)
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
17 Nov 2017
Menschenrechte für Tiere - ein Widerspruch?
University of Basel
20 Jul 2017
Human Rights and Animal Rights: Divergence or Convergence?
XXVIII World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR)
Universidade de Lisboa
10 May 2017
Religious Slaughter and Animal Experimentation
Wiko Workshop on Animal Experimentation
Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin
09 May 2017
Tierschutzrechtliche Grundlagen des Tierversuchs
Webinar "3R und Alternativmethoden zu Tierversuchen in der Forschung und Lehre"
Freie Universität Berlin
02 May 2017
Are Human Rights Animals' Rights Too?
Talking Animals, Law and Philosophy
University of Cambridge
06 Feb 2017
Recent Developments in Hominid (and Other Humanoid) Rights
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
31 Jan 2017
The Legal Status of Animals
Animal Values and Sustainable Food Production Workshop
University of Sheffield
10 Nov 2016
Wozu die Aufregung? Vorbereitungen auf eine neue Mensch-Tier-Gesellschaft
Panel discussion
Munich
12 Sep 2016
Das Grundsatzurteil des OVG Münster zur Zulässigkeit der Tötung von Eintagsküken
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Heidelberg
27 Apr 2016
Is Legislation the Best Way to Control Animal Experimentation?
Wiko Workshop on Animal Experimentation
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
19 Feb 2016
The "Dignity of Animals" in the Swiss Constitution: What It Is and What It Could Be
Harvard Workshop on Animals in Comparative Constitutional Law
Harvard Law School
18 Jun 2015
Grundrechte für Tiere?
Lecture series "Menschlich tierlich - gleich oder anders? Grenzen und Berührungspunkte im rechtlichen und ethischen Kontext"
University of Basel
09 May 2015
Are Human Rights Animals´ Rights, Too?
Conference "L´Humain en question. Ce que les animaux nous apprennent"
University of Geneva
14 Mar 2014
Das Tier als Rechtsperson
Conference "Animal Politics - Politische Theorie des Mensch-Tier-Verhältnisses"
University of Hamburg
07 Dec 2013
The "Animal Person" as Tertium Datur
Personhood Beyond the Human Conference
Yale University
04 Jul 2012
Establishing Animal Rights: A Legal Perspective
2nd Minding Animals Conference
University of Utrecht
02 Feb 2012
Tiere im schweizerischen Recht
Workshop "Der widersprüchliche Umgang mit Tieren in modernen Gesellschaften"
Basel
15 Oct 2011
New Developments in Swiss Animal Law
19th Annual Animal Law Conference
Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland
19 Nov 2010
Grundrechte für Tiere - Ausgewählte Aspekte eines neuen rechtlichen Umgangs mit Tieren
Kolloquium Tier und Recht
University of Zurich
Teaching
22.03.2021
Guest lecture, Human Rights vs. Animal Rights? A Philosophical Journey from Human Exceptionalism to Transspecies Universalism, Master Course Critical Human Rights, Lille Catholic University
26.01.2021
Guest Lecture, Von Schlachthöfen und Schlachtfeldern: Zur Humanisierung von Gewalt im Tierschutzrecht, Lecture Series Was ist schon tierGerecht?, University of Kassel
29.10.2020
Guest Lecture, Politics and Animals, Harvard University
Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad
Climate change and international security, Joint workshop, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and German Federal Foreign Office, 03.12.2020
Human Rights for the Planet, International Conference on Human Rights and Environmental Protection, organized by the Council of Europe and European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, 05.10.2020 - 05.10.2020
Workshop "Tribunal der Arten", University of Hamburg, 22.01.2020
Co-organization of the Special Workshop on (Legal) Animal Rights at the 29th IVR World Congress (together with Visa Kurki and Tom Sparks), University of Lucerne, 11.07.2019 - 12.07.2019
EU Commission Scientific Conference: Non-Animal Approaches - The Way Forward, Brussels, 06.12.2016 - 07.12.2016
Co-organisation of the conference "The Animal Turn and the Law: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and New Directions in Animal Law", University of Basel, 04.04.2014 - 05.04.2014
Co-organisation of the conference "Animal Law: Reform or Revolution?", University of Basel, 01.03.2013 - 01.03.2013
Conference "La Souffrance Animale: De la science au droit", Paris, 18.10.2012 - 19.10.2012
Conference "Animal Law and Ethics: Reflecting on European, American and Asian Concepts", University of Zürich, 07.07.2012 - 08.07.2012
Honours
- 2017: SVRSP Award of the Swiss Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy for the dissertation "Grundrechte für Tiere" (CHF 2'000)
- 2017: Professor Walther Hug Award for the dissertation "Grundrechte für Tiere" (CHF 3'000)
- 2017: Felix Wankel Animal Welfare Research Junior Award of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München for the book "Fundamental Rights for Animals" ("Grundrechte für Tiere") (EUR 5'000)
- 2016: Faculty award of the University of Basel Law School for the dissertation "Grundrechte für Tiere" (CHF 4'000)
- 2016: Publication grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation for the dissertation "Grundrechte für Tiere" (CHF 8'000)
- 2014: Animals & Society Institute and Wesleyan Animal Studies Human-Animal Studies Fellowship (USD 3'000)
Memberships
Miscellaneous
Peer reviews
- Springer
- Journal of Human Rights and the Environment
- Human Rights Review
- ZaöRV (Heidelberg Journal of International Law)
- ex ante (Journal for Young Legal Academics)
- GJAL (Global Journal of Animal Law)
- FWO - Research Foundation Flanders
- Revus: Journal for Constitutional Theory and Philosophy of Law
Conferences
- 4-5 April 2014: Conference "The Animal Turn and the Law", University of Basel
- 1 March 2013: Inaugural Conference "Animal Law: Reform or Revolution?", University of Basel
