论动物的法律地位

On the legal status of animals

德国1990年在民法典中新增的"动物不是物"规定引发了法学界争论,动物是不是物?应该赋予动物主体地位还是客体地位呢?动物,尤其是野生动物,近些年来受到人类越来越多的关注,这是因为动物种类在不断的减少甚至灭绝。动物种类的减少、灭绝与人类的行为密切相关,人类是时候采取措施来保护动物了,但这并不意味着在法律上必须赋予动物主体地位,事实上赋予动物法律主体地位也不可行。

＂Animals not objects＂ ,a clause from German Civil Code,has caused a academic debate. Whether animals are objects？ Are animals the subjects of legal relation or the objects of legal relation？ Recendy,the human has paid more and more attention on animals, especially on the wild animals, the reason of which is the reduction and extinction of animalspecies.The reduction and extinction of animal specides is closely related to human behavior.h is time for human to protect animals.But does this mean we must give animals the subject position in law？ And it is necessary and practicable to give animals the subject position in law？ The purpose of the article is mainly to explore the answers of these questions.