Results
| Title |
Author |
Citation | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Status of Nonhuman Animals | Various - conference proceedings | 8 Animal L. 1 (2001) |
On September 25, 1999, a distinguished group of legal scholars met in New York City at the 5th Annual Conference on Animals and the Law, hosted by the Committee on Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, to discuss how the law classifies nonhuman animals and whether the current legal framework is in accord with scientific understanding, public attitudes, and fundamental principles of justice. This conference took a monumental step in facilitating discussion about, and furthering the cause of, the legal protection and welfare of nonhuman animals. |
| The Evolving Legal Status of Chimpanzees, Comments from Jane Goodall, Dr. Roger Fouts, Steven Wise and David Favre | various - conference proceedings | 9 Animal L. 1 (2002) |
On September 30, 2002, Harvard Law School hosted a legal symposium sponsored by the Chimpanzee Collaboratory’s Legal Committee. The symposium featured speakers with expertise on chimpanzees, as well as legal scholars and lawyers who discussed the possibility of obtaining legal rights for chimpanzees and other great apes. This symposium sought to advance the argument that chimpanzees are entitled to some degree of legal status, and the speakers presented a range of views about how far such legal rights should extend. These remarks reflect the connection between the growing scientific understanding of chimpanzees and the advances in related legal doctrines. |
| Cover and Introduction, Journal of Animal Law Volume 10 | various | 10 J. Animal & Nat. Resource L. 1 | This document provides the cover, credits, and introductory remarks for the 10th volume of the Journal of Animal and Natural Resource Law. |
| The History of the RSPCA | unknown | Royal Society for Protection of Animals |
This short article relates the formation and early history of the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals. |
| The Role of Animals in Livable Communities | Laurence H. Tribe | 7 Animal L. 1 (2001) |
This article contains remarks by Laurence Tribe on the work of Steven M. Wise. |
| A Review of Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart by Dr. Marc Bekoff | Michael Tobias | 9 Animal L. 323 (2003) |
This article contains a review of the book, Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart by Dr. Marc Bekoff. |
| A Brief History of Animal Law, Part II (1985 – 2011) | Joyce Tischler | 5 Stan. J. Animal L. & Pol'y 27 (2012) | This article traces the growth of the field of animal law from 1985 to the present. It tracks the effort by attorneys and law students in the United States and abroad to institutionalize animal law classes, scholarly conferences, animal law sections in state, local, and regional bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association. It provides a review of efforts to spearhead lawsuits, legislative enactments, initiatives, and other means to gain greater protections for animals. Section II of the article describes the development of an institutional structure in various sectors of the legal community. Section III presents a review of landmark lawsuits and legislation. The article concludes with a summary of the major lessons that have been learned. |
| Syracuse Law Review Foreword | Joyce Tischler | 67 Syracuse L. Rev. 1 (2017) | This article provides the foreword to Syracuse Law Review's Symposium on Animal Law from 2017. |
| The History of Animal Law, Part I (1972-1987) | Joyce Tischler | Joyce Tischler, 1 Stan. J. Animal L. & Pol'y 1 (2008) | Animals have always been the subjects of litigation. Early legal literature is replete with cases that range from the conversion of a farmer’s cow to the debate about who owns wildlife, [1] from criminal prosecutions of humans for cruelty to animals [2] to criminal prosecutions of animals for crimes that they allegedly committed. [3] The purpose of this article is not simply to discuss the significance of individual cases involving animals, but rather to explore the roots of a large-scale, organized movement, which started in the early 1970s in the United States, spearheaded by attorneys and law students with the express purpose of filing lawsuits to protect animals and establishing the concept of their legal rights, regardless of the species of the animals or the ownership interest of humans. What we now call Animal Rights Law or Animal Law began when attorneys consciously considered animal-related legal issues from the perspective of the animal’s interests, when they began to view the animal as the de facto client, and where the goal was to challenge institutionalized forms of animal abuse and exploitation. Within the scope of a law review article, it is not practical to list all of the lawsuits filed from 1972 to 1987. [4] The goal of this article is to trace the beginnings of animal law as a legal discipline and analyze the thought processes of its leaders, how the surrounding animal rights movement influenced the direction of animal law, and how the choices that were made shaped the foundation and growth of this area of the law. This article is written in the first person, because I don’t wish to mislead the reader who might assume that I am a dispassionate historian. I am an animal rights lawyer; the people described herein are my respected colleagues. |
| Building our Future | Joyce Tischler | 15 Animal L. 7 (2008) |
As the introduction to Volume 15 of Animal Law, the author reflects on 30 years of progress in the animal law arena. |