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Global Animal Law from the Margins: International Trade in Animals and Their Bodies, by Iyan Offor Routledge, 2023, 320 pp, £145 hb, £35.99 ebk ISBN 9781032226989 hb, 9781003273783 ebk

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Global Animal Law from the Margins: International Trade in Animals and Their Bodies, by Iyan Offor Routledge, 2023, 320 pp, £145 hb, £35.99 ebk ISBN 9781032226989 hb, 9781003273783 ebk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2024

Veerle Platvoet*
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University of Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland)

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2 Ibid., p. 27.

3 Ibid., p. 33.

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7 These changes include a newly appointed Advisory Board with animal law scholars from around the globe, as well as a statement on the aspirations of the journal on the website, available at: https://ojs.abo.fi/ojs/index.php/gjal/about. The aim of the journal – to foster a global platform in animal law – is considered in the editorial assessment of new submissions.

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10 Ibid., paras 5.289, 5.338.

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