Legal education has witnessed a significant rise in the number of Animal Law courses since 1989, especially in the United States where 164 universities have offered the subject. This article discusses the world-wide growth in provision in the context of a failure to match this impetus in the United Kingdom. It addresses how the continuing rise in the profile of legal issues relating to animals such as the failure to control the disappearance of species, links between poaching and international terrorism and the welfare of 56 billion animals slaughtered for meat worldwide have been largely ignored by the UK legal academy. Possible reasons for this are postulated including a professional realignment of UK legal education. An approach to Animal Law grounded in the methodology of socio-legal studies is discussed. It is suggested that Animal Law provides an opportunity for the UK legal academy to contribute its particular skills to the development of this new area of legal education and research. It would help move UK legal education towards a greater recognition and provision regarding the interaction of sustainable human activities, animals and the law.

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生物、学术律师和社会法律方法：将动物法引入法律教育课程

自 1989 年以来，法律教育见证了动物法课程数量的显着增加，尤其是在美国，有 164 所大学开设了该课程。本文讨论了在英国未能赶上这一推动力的背景下，全球供应的增长。它解决了英国如何在很大程度上忽视了与动物有关的法律问题的持续上升，例如未能控制物种的消失、偷猎与国际恐怖主义之间的联系以及全世界为肉类屠宰的 560 亿只动物的福利法学院。推测可能的原因包括英国法律教育的专业重组。讨论了以社会法律研究方法论为基础的动物法方法。建议《动物法》为英国法律学院提供了一个机会，可以为这一新的法律教育和研究领域的发展贡献其特殊技能。这将有助于推动英国法律教育在可持续人类活动、动物和法律的相互作用方面获得更大的认可和规定。