Introduction / Anne Peters
Part I: Historical foundations
Rights of and over animals in the ius naturae et gentium (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries) / Annabel Brett
On women and beasts : human-animal relationships in sixteenth-century thought / Anna Becker
Animal colonialism : the case of milk / Mathilde Cohen
Part II: Animals as commodity
Trading in sacrifice / Kristen Stilt
Cross-border forms of animal use by indigenous peoples / Stefan Kirchner
China's legal response to trafficking in wild animals : the relationship between International treaties and Chinese law / Jiwen Chang
Corruption gone wild : transnational criminal law and the international trade in endangered species / Radha Ivory
Part III New legal concepts
Biodiversity, species protection, and animal welfare under international law / Guillaume Futhazar
Toward international animal rights / Anne Peters
(Certified) humane violence? : animal production, the ambivalence of humanizing the inhumane, and what international humanitarian law has to do with it / Saskia Stucki
Part IV: New protective legal strategies
Trophy hunting, the race to the bottom, and the law of jurisdiction / Charlotte E. Blattner
Protection of animals through human rights : the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights / Tom Sparks
Challenges regarding the protection of animals during warfare / Jérôme de Hemptinne.