Animal Law Research Paper
Animal law has been taught in at least 119 law schools in the U.S., including Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Northwestern, University of Michigan, Georgetown, Duke, and Lewis & Clark and is currently taught in at least 117 schools.[8][9] Animal law is also currently taught in 7 law schools in Canada.[8] In the U.S. there are Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) chapters in 132 law schools, with an additional seven chapters in Canada. SALDF chapters are student groups that are affiliated with the Animal Legal Defense Fund and share its mission to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system.[10]
The comprehensive animal law casebook is,[11] co-authored by Sonia S. Waisman, Bruce A. Wagman, and Pamela D. Frasch. Because animal law is not a traditional legal field, most of the book’s chapters are framed in terms of familiar subsets of law such as tort, contract, criminal and constitutional law. Each …show more content…
Otto, Director of Legislative Affairs for the Animal Legal Defense Fund, is a comprehensive animal protection laws collection. It contains a detailed survey of the general animal protection and related statutes for all of the states, principal districts and territories of the United States of America, and for all of Canada; along with full-text versions of each jurisdiction’s laws.
Australia
One of the more comprehensive academic works on animal law is authored by Ven. Alex Bruce ('Tenpa') and titled "Animal Law in Australia: An Integrated Approach."[13] Other animal law books include: Bagaric and Akers, Humanising Animals: Civilising People,[14] Cao, Sharman & White, Animal Law in Australia and New Zealand,[15] Sankoff & White (eds), Animal Law in Australasia,[16] and Caulfield, Handbook of Australian Cruelty Law[17]
Europe
Animal Law is being taught in a few European universities in Spain, Switzerland and the United
The comprehensive animal law casebook is,[11] co-authored by Sonia S. Waisman, Bruce A. Wagman, and Pamela D. Frasch. Because animal law is not a traditional legal field, most of the book’s chapters are framed in terms of familiar subsets of law such as tort, contract, criminal and constitutional law. Each …show more content…
Otto, Director of Legislative Affairs for the Animal Legal Defense Fund, is a comprehensive animal protection laws collection. It contains a detailed survey of the general animal protection and related statutes for all of the states, principal districts and territories of the United States of America, and for all of Canada; along with full-text versions of each jurisdiction’s laws.
Australia
One of the more comprehensive academic works on animal law is authored by Ven. Alex Bruce ('Tenpa') and titled "Animal Law in Australia: An Integrated Approach."[13] Other animal law books include: Bagaric and Akers, Humanising Animals: Civilising People,[14] Cao, Sharman & White, Animal Law in Australia and New Zealand,[15] Sankoff & White (eds), Animal Law in Australasia,[16] and Caulfield, Handbook of Australian Cruelty Law[17]
Europe
Animal Law is being taught in a few European universities in Spain, Switzerland and the United