Animal Law Guide: Books

Written by Pennsylvania attorneys with experience litigating animal law cases, this book contains the materials distributed at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's annual Animal Law Conference.

Written by a law professor at Michigan State University, this book is intended primarily for law students. The chapters cover nine topics: (1) animal ownership, (2) veterinary practice, (3) damages for harm to pets, (4) state regulation of ownership, (5) anti-cruelty laws, (6) agricultural animals, (7) access to courts, (8) the Animal Welfare Act, and (9) animal rights

This book of essays by legal commentators is divided into two parts. Part one examines the current state of legal and philosophical disagreements over animal rights as well as the current "frontiers" of these disagreements. Part two offers guidance for the future.

This book begins by discussing the animal rights movement and the major factions within it, then covers nine broad topics including: (1) anti-cruelty legislation, (2) marine mammals, (3) livestock and the meatpacking industry, (4) animal experimentation, (5) hunting and wildlife management, (6) sports and entertainment, (7) endangered species, (8) companion animals, and (9) animal sacrifice.

This book discusses topics such as veterinary malpractice and negligence, the veterinarian-client relationship, protection of animals and protection of the public.

This book argues for animal rights and against the treatment of animals as property.

This book provides citations for, and very brief descriptions of, public laws, congressional hearings, government reports and journal articles (mostly from the mid-1980s) concerning animal experimentation and animal welfare.

This book focuses on the animal rights movement as an example of the way rights language is used by social movements generally.

This book surveys wildlife laws in the following countries: China, India, Nigeria, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Written by an expert in environmental science and ethics, this book is intended for graduate and undergraduate students in the life sciences. The chapters cover five topics: (1) issues in animal experimentation, (2) history of animal experimentation, (3) opposition to animal experimentation, (4) moral status of animals, and (5) animal use and regulation of experiments.

This book lists books, pamphlets, periodical articles and other documents concerning seven aspects of animal rights: (1) general materials, (2) the animal experimentation controversy, (3) other animal rights and welfare concerns (factory farming, the fur trade, hunting, etc.), (4) regulatory and legal issues, (5) the animal rights movement, (6) history, and (7) resources.

This book lists books, pamphlets, periodical articles and other documents concerning seven aspects of animal rights: (1) general materials, (2) the animal experimentation controversy, (3) other animal rights and welfare concerns (factory farming, the fur trade, hunting, etc.), (4) regulatory and legal issues, (5) the animal rights movement, (6) history, and (7) resources.

This book describes the major leaders, groups, and events in the evolution of the animal rights movement.

This book contains chapters concerning specific categories of animals (cats, dogs, horses, birds, marine mammals) and chapters concerning specific activities (fighting and bating, trapping and poisoning, animals and airlines) as well as the text of various state, federal, and foreign animal welfare laws.

This book provides citations for, and very brief descriptions of, public laws, congressional hearings, government reports and journal articles (mostly from the mid-1980s) concerning animal experimentation and animal welfare.

This book begins its coverage with 1975 because the publication that year of Peter Singer's Animal Liberation: A New Ethic for Our Treatment of Animals led to more vocal and organized efforts by the animal rights movement. The bibliography includes citations and brief descriptions of publications in newspapers, magazines, journals, books, government publications and reports. Citations are categorized under major animal rights issues such as: factory farming and vegetarianism, trapping and fur industry, companion animals, animal experimentation, etc.