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| Abbreviations | |
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| Table of Authorities | |
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| Series Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Animals and the Law: The Basics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What is animal law? | |
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| The "animals" | |
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| The "law" | |
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| Legal systems | |
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| Sources of law | |
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| Legal rules and legal rights | |
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| Animals as things owned as property | |
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| Moving on from the basics | |
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| Anti-Cruelty Laws | |
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| State statutes | |
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| The basic elements | |
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| The link | |
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| A progressive anti-cruelty law: Puerto Rico | |
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| Common law: interpreting and applying anti-cruelty statutes | |
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| Targeting animal fighting | |
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| When animal-cruelty statutes arguably infringe defendants' constitutional rights | |
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| Infringing speech | |
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| Infringing religious practices | |
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| A case study: cruelty to animals used for food - comparing the New Jersey and Israeli approaches | |
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| The animals - who they are and our obligations to them | |
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| The court's role | |
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| "Accepted agricultural practices" | |
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| Humane versus cruel | |
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| Lessons learned | |
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| What about wildlife? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Anti-cruelty versus game laws | |
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| Hunting and trapping | |
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| A brief comparison to Australasia | |
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| Enforcement: public and private | |
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| Animal Welfare Laws | |
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| Introduction: animal welfare acts | |
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| Animals used for research | |
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| Goals and functions | |
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| Procedures for implementing | |
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| The three Rs | |
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| Enforcement | |
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| A case study: standing and the AWA | |
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| Comparison to the United Kingdom | |
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| Animals used for breeding and sold as pets | |
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| Animals used for entertainment | |
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| Defining "exhibitor" | |
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| Regulating exhibitors | |
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| The ethics of exhibiting animals | |
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| A case study: seeking to protect Asian elephants in the Ringling Brothers' Circus | |
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| Animals used for food | |
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| Introduction: factory farming | |
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| Regulating slaughter and transport | |
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| A case study: statutory and regulatory interpretation excluding birds from the HMSA | |
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| Some hopeful developments at the state level | |
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| Thinking outside the battery cage | |
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| Progressive approaches: the United Kingdom and the European Union | |
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| Animal Control and Management Laws | |
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| Domestic animals | |
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| Controlling ownership | |
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| Challenging animal control laws | |
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| Legislating to save homeless companion animals | |
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| Dangerous dog laws | |
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| A hypothetical case study: feral cats | |
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| Wildlife | |
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| State game laws | |
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| Federal conservation laws | |
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| Animals, the Constitution and Private Law | |
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| Animals and the constitution | |
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| State constitutions | |
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| Constitutions worldwide | |
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| A case study: animal protection in the German constitution | |
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| Animals and private law | |
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| Regulating interpersonal relationships | |
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| Protecting the owner's interests | |
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| A case study: valuing companion animals | |
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| The Future: Animals as Subjects, an All-Inclusive Legal Regime | |
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| Welfare versus rights | |
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| Problems for animals under current law | |
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| Approaches for improving the law for animals | |
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| Four approaches along the continuum | |
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| A progressive model act | |
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| A brief summary of the five approaches | |
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| The future: an all-inclusive legal regime | |
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| Some basics to create an all-inclusive legal paradigm | |
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| Examples | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |