Heron Santana

Heron Santana

Infobox_Philosopher
region = Brazilian Jurist
era = Contemporary Jurist,
color = #B0C4DE



image_caption = Heron Santana

name = Heron José de Santana
birth = 1962
death =
school_tradition = Abolitionist
main_interests = Ethics
influences = Rui Barbosa, Luis Gama, Tobias Barreto, Mahatma Gandhi, Tom Regan, David Favre
influenced = Tagore Trajano, Luciano Santana, Thiago Pires, Antônio Ferreira Leal Filho
notable_ideas = A chimpanzee can be a person.

Heron J. Santana (born March 23, 1962) is Brazilian law professor and animal-rights activist. He brought a case to court asking that a chimpanzee be recognized as a person.

He is an Assistant Professor at Federal University of Bahia, School of Law, where he teaches environmental law, criminal law and constitutional law for undergraduate and graduate courses. Santana has authored many papers and research studies about environmental law, animal-rights and animal law.

Education

Santana obtained a master in Law (1996) and a master in Sociology (1999) from Federal University of Bahia and was awarded his J. D., magna cum laude, from Federal University of Pernambuco, School of Law (2006), with a thesis on the Brazilian Abolitionist Movement for Animal liberation.

Select Publications

*SANTANA. Heron José de. Abolicionismo animal. Revista de Direito Ambiental. São Paulo, Revista dos Tribunais, n. 6, p. 85-109, out/dez, 2004.
*SANTANA, H. J. . Espírito animal e o fundamento moral do especismo. Revista Brasileira de Direito Animal, v. 01, p. 37-65, 2006.
*SANTANA, H. J. . Os Crimes contra a fauna e a Filosofia Jurídica Ambiental. Direito Ambiental na visão da Magistratura e do Ministério Público, Belo Horizonte - MG, p. 305-327, 2003.
*SANTANA, H. J. . Ministério Público e Poder Simbólico. Revista do Ministério Público do Estado da Bahia, v. 8, 1997.

External links

* [http://www.animallaw.info/nonus/cases/cabrsuicaeng2005.htm "Sentença do Habeas Corpus"]
* [http://www.midiaindependente.org/pt/blue/2005/09/330261.shtml Habeas Corpus impetrado em favor de Suíça]
* [http://jus2.uol.com.br/doutrina/texto.asp?id=7733 Extensão dos direito humanos aos grandes primatas]
* [http://jus2.uol.com.br/doutrina/texto.asp?id=7667 Animais como sujeitos de Direito]
* [http://www.projetogap.com.br/noticias.php?id_not=437 Fundação do Instituto Abolicionista Animal]
* [http://www.mp.ba.gov.br/noticias/2006/set_25_revista.asp Lançamento da Revista Brasileira de Direito Animal]
* [http://www.projetogap.com.br/noticias.php?id_not=439 Carta do Instituto Abolicionista ao Prefeito de Americana - maus tratos de chimpanzé]


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