This innovative book explores the emerging area of animal rights law. Animal Law: Welfare, Interest, and Rights asks the question, “What are the arguments for animal rights as a matter of philosophy and at law?” David Favre, a well-known figure in the area of animal rights, discusses how the legal system today deals with animal-human relationships as well as how it may do so in the future.\ David Favre, who has extensive experience teaching and speaking around the world on animal issues, has...
• Introduction • Animal Ownership • Veterinarian Malpractice • Damages for Harm to Pets • State Regulation of Ownership • Anti-Cruelty Laws, History & Intentional Acts • Anti-Cruelty Laws Duty to Provide Care • Agricultural Animals • Access to the Courts Standing and Legal Injury • The Animal Welfare Act • Animal Rights The Jurisprudence • Animal Rights The Social Movement Chapters available on the web as .pdf files: Web Chapter 1. Private Regulation of Ownership - Landlords and Condos Web Chapter 2. State Control of Wildlife Web Web Chapter 3. Animals in Science
Ch. 1 Introduction 1Ch. 2 Animal Ownership 33Ch. 3 Veterinarian Malpractice 103Ch. 4 Damages for Harm to Pets 133Ch. 5 State Regulation of Ownership 163Ch. 6 Anti-Cruelty Laws - History and Intentional Acts 203Ch. 7 Anti-Cruelty Laws - Duty to Provide Care 255Ch. 8 Agricultural Animals 287Ch. 9 Access to Courts - Standing and Legal Injury 325Ch. 10 The Animal Welfare Act 363Ch. 11 Animal Rights - The Jurisprudence 405Ch. 12 Animal Rights - The Social Movement 445Table of Cases 183Index 485