Caspar J
Forschungsstelle Umweltrecht des Fachbereiches Rechtswissenschaft II, Universität Hamburg.
Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 1998 Mar;105(3):85-9.
The inclusion of animal protection in the constitution poses a lengthy legal-political demand, which is again being vehemently discussed at the present time. Under consideration of juristic aspects, the following treatise attempts to clarify the legal requirements which presently exist for anchoring animal protection in constitutional law. It is therefore necessary in the first instance to explain the present situation regarding animal protection law. The legal situation in this respect is marked by a fundamental collision between special democratic rights guaranteed by the constitution on the one hand, and the norms of animal protection law on the other hand, which tend to restrict these rights. Based on concrete examples taken from court decisions, it is shown that constitutional vacuum surrounding a major part of animal protection law greatly complicates or even renders impossible the application and enforcement of the latter in practice. A prerequisite for a proper legal framework for animal protection is that the different special basic democratic rights governing animal use must be counterpoised by animal protection laws backed up by the constitution. Only by this means it is possible to prevent the ineffectiveness of animal protection legislative norms in the long term.
将动物保护纳入宪法提出了一项长期的法律 - 政治要求，目前这一要求再次引发了激烈讨论。从法学角度考虑，以下论文试图阐明目前将动物保护纳入宪法法律所存在的法律要求。因此，首先有必要解释一下动物保护法的现状。这方面的法律状况的特点是，一方面宪法保障的特殊民主权利与另一方面倾向于限制这些权利的动物保护法规范之间存在根本性冲突。基于法院判决中的具体例子可以看出，动物保护法大部分内容周围的宪法真空极大地复杂化了甚至使得后者在实践中的应用和执行变得不可能。建立适当动物保护法律框架的一个先决条件是，规范动物使用的不同特殊基本民主权利必须由宪法支持的动物保护法律来制衡。只有通过这种方式，才有可能长期防止动物保护立法规范失效。
