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Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Animal Law.

Edward Elgar Law 2025 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Schaffner, Joan E.
Series:
Elgar Concise Encyclopedias in Law Series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Animal welfare--Law and legislation--Encyclopedias.
Animal welfare.
Animal welfare--Law and legislation.
Genre:
encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (983 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2025.
Summary:
With contributions from over 135 international experts, this Encyclopedia provides an expansive overview of the emerging field of animal law. Focusing on the legal regulation of human interactions with non-human animals, the volume serves as an insightful guide to how the law can promote the wellbeing of animals as well as the environment.
Contents:
Front Matter
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Introduction to the Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Animal Law
Chapter 1: Ag-gag laws
Chapter 2: An animal welfare science approach
Chapter 3: Animal agriculture and climate change - legal developments
Chapter 4: Animal control laws in the US
Chapter 5: Animal ethics
Chapter 6: Animal law movement
Chapter 7: Animal political parties
Chapter 8: Animal sentience, cognition and the law
Chapter 9: Animals and religious ethics
Chapter 10: Animals and the US Constitution - the First Amendment
Chapter 11: Animals as personal property
Chapter 12: Animals in research and testing in the US
Chapter 13: Animals used in research - EU and international law
Chapter 14: Animal cruelty - abuse and neglect
Chapter 15: Antitrust and animal agriculture
Chapter 16: Aquacultural law
Chapter 17: Aquatic animals
Chapter 18: Artificial Intelligence and animal law
Chapter 19: Breeding of animals for pets and research in the US
Chapter 20: Bullfighting
Chapter 21: Canine profiling and dangerous dog laws
Chapter 22: Captive wildlife - exotic pets and entertainment
Chapter 23: Carceral animal law
Chapter 24: Compassionate conservation
Chapter 25: Compassionate conservation - a legal perspective in the EU
Chapter 26: Conservation and wildlife protection conventions
Chapter 27: Constitutional law and animals
Chapter 28: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Chapter 29: Court animal advocate programs
Chapter 30: Cultivated meat
Chapter 31: Disasters and animals
Chapter 32: Dog and cat meat trade
Chapter 33: Environmental ethics
Chapter 34: Environmental pollution from CAFOs
Chapter 35: Equine business transactions
Chapter 36: Equine litigation
Chapter 37: Estate planning for animals.
Chapter 38: Farmed animal protection and environmental law
Chapter 39: Farmed animal welfare laws in the EU
Chapter 40: Farmed animals and US law
Chapter 41: Fur farming
Chapter 42: General counsel for animal organizations
Chapter 43: Global animal law
Chapter 44: Habeas corpus and nonhuman animals
Chapter 45: History of animal law - ancient to 1800
Chapter 46: History of animal law - 1800 to present
Chapter 47: Horse racing in the US
Chapter 48: Horse-drawn carriage industry
Chapter 49: Humane education
Chapter 50: Humane washing in the food aisle
Chapter 51: Human-wildlife conflict and coexistence
Chapter 52: Indigenous animal law
Chapter 53: Industrial fishing
Chapter 54: Insect law
Chapter 55: Insurance - animal health
Chapter 56: Insurance - homeowners and liability
Chapter 57: Interconnected forms of violence of CAFOs and indigenous peoples' rights in Yucatán
Chapter 58: International Convention on Animal Protection
Chapter 59: 'Invasive species' management - managing the Australian free-roaming cat population
Chapter 60: Just One Health
Chapter 61: Labelling of plant-based 'meat' and 'dairy' alternatives
Chapter 62: Law enforcement and search and rescue animals
Chapter 63: Legal standing - access to court in the US
Chapter 64: Liability for injuries to animals
Chapter 65: Live animal transport
Chapter 66: Living property - new legal status for animals
Chapter 67: 'Managing' wild horses and burros in the US
Chapter 68: Military animals
Chapter 69: Mink farms and the threat of zoonotic disease
Chapter 70: No kill shelters
Chapter 71: Overview of Australian animal law
Chapter 72: Overview of Brazilian animal law
Chapter 73: Overview of Canadian animal law
Chapter 74: Overview of Chinese animal law
Chapter 75: Overview of EU animal law.
Chapter 76: Overview of Indian animal law
Chapter 77: Overview of Israeli animal law
Chapter 78: Overview of Kenyan animal law
Chapter 79: Overview of Nigerian animal law
Chapter 80: Overview of Pakistani animal law
Chapter 81: Overview of Peruvian animal law
Chapter 82: Overview of South African animal law
Chapter 83: Overview of Swiss animal law
Chapter 84: Overview of UK animal law
Chapter 85: Overview of US animal law
Chapter 86: Overview of Zimbabwean animal law
Chapter 87: Owner liability for harm caused by animals in the US
Chapter 88: Patenting the non-human animal
Chapter 89: Pet custody disputes
Chapter 90: Police killing of companion animals and Section 1983
Chapter 91: Professional ethics for animal lawyers
Chapter 92: Prosecuting animal crimes in the US
Chapter 93: Public records laws
Chapter 94: Public Trust Doctrine
Chapter 95: Representing animal advocates in the US
Chapter 96: Rescuing privately owned animals in extreme distress
Chapter 97: Research - the 3Rs and non-animal alternatives
Chapter 98: Restricting animal product sales based on cruelty in production
Chapter 99: Rights of nature
Chapter 100: Service animals in the US
Chapter 101: Shelter law
Chapter 102: Slaughter regulation in the US
Chapter 103: The link between animal maltreatment and human violence
Chapter 104: Universal Declaration of Animal Rights
Chapter 105: Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare
Chapter 106: Valuing companion animals
Chapter 107: Valuing wildlife
Chapter 108: Veterinary forensics and law
Chapter 109: War and animals
Chapter 110: Wildlife as property owners
Chapter 111: Wildlife as quasi-property
Chapter 112: Wildlife crime
Chapter 113: Wildlife hunting
Chapter 114: Wildlife management
Chapter 115: Wildlife trapping.
Chapter 116: Working equids
Chapter 117: World Organisation for Animal Health
Chapter 118: World Trade Organization
Chapter 119: Zoos and aquariums
Index.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-80392-367-9
1-03-536966-4
OCLC:
1529548305

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