Law and the Question of the Animal: A Critical Jurisprudence

Contributor(s): Otomo, Yoriko (Editor), Mussawir, Edward (Editor)

ISBN: 9780415683500

Publisher: Routledge

Hardcover

$225.00

Pub Date: February 8, 2013

Dewey: 345.0287

LCCN: 2012028696

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.50" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 1.03 lbs) 198 pages

BISAC Categories:

Law | Environmental | Jurisprudence | Criminal Law | General

Series: Law, Justice and Ecology

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description:

Law's Animal: A Critical Jurisprudence addresses the problem of 'animal life' in terms that go beyond the usual extension of liberal rights to animals.

Review Quotes:

'I have been challenged and excited - at the same time! - by the original insights contained in some of the chapters of Law and the Question of the Animal' - John Mancy, Editor for Australian Animal Protection Law Journal

'Yoriko Otomo and Ed Mussawir's Law and the Question of the Animal: A Critical Jurisprudence is an innovative collection of essays.' - Maneesha Deckha, University of Victoria, Canada for Social & Legal Studies (Vol. 23(1) 131-148, 2014)