The paper shows that animals have a dual status under EU law: as tradeable goods and as sentient beings which need protection form torture; they are “sentient merchandise”. This duality is manifest in the two-fold motivation of most...
The disarray of the 2015 refugee crisis is still fresh in minds of many. The political and legal response was inadequate and chaotic. This kick-started an academic discussion about the role played by / ought to have been played by EU institutions in...