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Unleashing rights : law, meaning, and the animal rights movement / Helena Silverstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silverstein, Helena.
- Series:
- Law, meaning, and violence.
- Law, meaning, and violence
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal rights.
- Animal rights movement.
- Animal welfare--Law and legislation.
- Animal welfare.
- Natural law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How the animal rights movement has used the legal system and rights talk to advance social change
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Constituting Legal Meaning; 2. Expanding the Circle: The Evolution of Animal Rights; 3. The Political Deployment of Rights; 4. Rights Strategically Understood; 5. Animals in the Courtroom: The Direct Effects of Litigation; 6. Beyond the Courtroom: The Multiple Uses of Litigation; 7. Litigative Practice and the Constitution of Meaning; 8. Conclusion: Meaning and Identity; Appendix A: Notes on Data Gathering; Appendix B: Animal Advocacy Groups; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-472-02281-4
- 9786612423369
- 1-282-42336-3
- OCLC:
- 923499692
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