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Animal Law

Animal Law

The AniLex program is a program on Animal Law provided as continuous learning by the Open University at Åbo Akademi University.

The program consists of 9 courses á 5 credits (in total 45 ECTS). The students get a course certificate for a passed course.
The program does not lead to a degree from Åbo Akademi University, but the students may apply for validation and crediting from their own university with the course certificate. More information about the AniLex program.

Link to our Swedish courses in Legal Science 2023–2024

Introduction to Animal Law (5 ECTS), online course

Link to the Study guide for more information about the course.
Time: 20.8–23.9.2023
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg and LL.M. Celia Karlin O’Sullivan
Enrollment 7.8–15.8.2023

Animal Law Theory (5 ECTS), online course

Link to the Study guide for more information about the course.
Time: 15.10–18.11.2023
Teacher: LL.M. Celia Karlin O’Sullivan
Enrollment 7.8–8.10.2023

Multidisciplinary Perspectives to Animal Law (5 ECTS), online course

Link to the Study guide for more information about the course.
Time: 10.12.2023–13.1.2024
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg
Enrollment 7.8–3.12.2023

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Link to our Swedish courses in Legal Science 2023–2024

International and Constitutional Animal Law (5 ECTS), online course

Link to the Study guide for more information about the course.
Time: 4.2–9.3.2024
Teacher: JD Tero Kivinen
Enrollment 20.11.2023–28.1.2024

Animal Law and the European Union (5 ECTS), online course

Link to the Study guide for more information about the course.
Time: 31.3–4.5.20244
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg and LL.M. Sacha Lucassen
Enrollment 20.11.2023–24.3.2024

Animal Law and Administrative Control (5 ECTS), online course

Link to the Study guide for more information about the course.
Time: 19.5–22.6.2024
Teacher: PhD Birgitta Wahlberg
Enrollment 20.11.2023–12.5.2024

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Link to our Swedish courses in Legal Science 2023–2024


Emil Oljemark

Oljemark, Emil

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