Tail docking in the EU: A case of routine violation of an EU Directive

The Ethics of Consumption: The Citizen, the Market and the Law

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 374-378

  Lerner, H ^a   Algers, B ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enforcement of legislation; EU pig directive; Formal justice; Pig welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960219942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_60     Document Type: Chapter

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