What is Animal Law?
Animal Law Education (ALE)
"Animal Law is the field of law that seeks to govern the interactions between human and nonhuman animals. It covers a diverse array of domestic and international legal issues, arising in statutory, judicial, executive, regulatory and theoretical contexts.....Over the past decade, Animal Law has become an established and distinct area of l
"Animal Law is the field of law that seeks to govern the interactions between human and nonhuman animals. It covers a diverse array of domestic and international legal issues, arising in statutory, judicial, executive, regulatory and theoretical contexts.....Over the past decade, Animal Law has become an established and distinct area of law. A growing number of ..... educational institutions are teaching Animal Law, with 16 universities in Australia and 165 universities in North America offering an animal law courses."
Layman’s Guide to the World of Animal Protection Law
Animal protection laws are mainly focused on benefiting human interests over those of the animals based on the long-standing view that they have been generally judged as property, objects or chattels with no rights. This is something called ‘legitimate human interests’ whereby consideration is given to a law’s impact on all the different
Animal protection laws are mainly focused on benefiting human interests over those of the animals based on the long-standing view that they have been generally judged as property, objects or chattels with no rights. This is something called ‘legitimate human interests’ whereby consideration is given to a law’s impact on all the different groups whose financial or social interests might be adversely affected by its introduction, particularly in the case of science and farming.
Animal Law 101: An Overview of Animal Law
Animal Law 101: An Overview of Animal Law
"Animal law is the combination of statutory and case law that relates to or has an impact on nonhuman animals. It encompasses companion animals and wildlife and animals used in entertainment, research and ones raised for food.Animal law permeates and affects most traditional areas of the law – including tort, contract, criminal, constitut
"Animal law is the combination of statutory and case law that relates to or has an impact on nonhuman animals. It encompasses companion animals and wildlife and animals used in entertainment, research and ones raised for food.Animal law permeates and affects most traditional areas of the law – including tort, contract, criminal, constitutional, family, environmental, administrative, and trust law. The Animal Legal Defense Fund’s (ALDF) Animal Law Academy https://aldf.org/article/animal-law-academy/ provides articles, educational webinars, and CLEs covering both substantive and practical topics in animal law."