An Introduction to Animals and the Law

2011. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-23564-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

Reihe: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series

This exploration of the newly emerging, diverse, and controversial area of animal lawpresents a basic survey of the laws designed to protect animals, analyzing and critiquing them, and proposing a future where the legal regime properly recognizes and protects the inherent worth of all animals.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schaffner, Joan E

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Animals and the Law: The Basics Anti-Cruelty Laws Animal Welfare Laws Animal Control and Management Laws Animals, the Constitution and the Private Law The Future: Animals as Subjects, An-All-Inclusive Legal Regime Notes and References Index

Über Autor(innen)

JOAN SCHAFFNER is an Associate Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School and Directs the George Washington Animal Law Program. She is the 2009-10Chair, ABA TIPS Animal Law Committee; Founding Chair. AALS Section on Animal Law; and Fellow, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics.