Synopses & Reviews
Written by Jordan Curnutt, Animals and the Law covers everything from the Silver Spring monkeys, subjects in the first U.S. lab raided by police where criminal charges were filed against a scientist conducting federally funded research, to sex with animals. Among the subjects reviewed are kosher and Halal food restrictions, mad cow disease and cattle cannibalism, animals in laboratories, and as entertainment—in circuses, zoos, rodeos, horse racing, cockfighting, and more. Also included are appendixes of animal organizations, cases, statutes and regulations, and an extensive bibliography.
Synopsis
Conservation, immigration, religion, sexuality. These are some of the complex and controversial legal issues confronting Americans today. In easy-to-reference A-to-Z formats, the books in the Contemporary Legal Issues series offer the people, the organizations, the legislation, and the legal decisions surrounding society's thorniest issues.
-- An overview of the topic
-- Approximately 200 comprehensive entries on concepts, court decisions, people, and organizations
-- Bibliography, table of cases, and index
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the legislation and legal issues surrounding animals.
-- Coverage of important legal cases and well-known leaders and activists, including Cleveland Amory and Ingrid Newkirk
-- Bibliography and index help access additional resources for research
Synopsis
Offers a comprehensive overview of the legislation and legal issues surrounding animals.
Written by Jordan Curnutt, Animals and the Law covers everything from the Silver Spring monkeys, subjects in the first U.S. lab raided by police where criminal charges were filed against a scientist conducting federally funded research, to sex with animals. Among the subjects reviewed are kosher and Halal food restrictions, mad cow disease and cattle cannibalism, animals in laboratories, and as entertainment--in circuses, zoos, rodeos, horse racing, cockfighting, and more. Also included are appendixes of animal organizations, cases, statutes and regulations, and an extensive bibliography.
Synopsis
• Includes a list of major animal organizations actively engaged in legal matters on a national level
• Includes tables of cases, authorities, statutes, and regulations
Synopsis
Offers a comprehensive overview of the legislation and legal issues surrounding animals.
Synopsis
• Coverage of important legal cases and well-known leaders and activists, including Cleveland Amory and Ingrid Newkirk
• Comprehensive overview of every relationship possible between human and animal, and the changing legal rights of animals as companions, entertainment, in agriculture, in the lab, and in the wild