Animal Ethics and Animal Law

Andrew Linzey is director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and has been a member of the faculty of theology in the University of Oxford for twenty-eight years.Clair Linzey is deputy director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. She is a professor of animal theology at the Graduate Theological Foundation.

• Introduction: Law, Ethics, and the Special Status of AnimalsBy Andrew Linzey and Clair LinzeyPart I: Historical PerspectivesChapter :1 John Philoponus’s Presentation of Animal Rationality and the LawBy Oliver B. LangworthyChapter 2: The Gallinger Bill, a Bill to Regulate Animal Experimentation in the District of Columbia: Forerunner of the 1966 Laboratory Animal Welfare ActBy Robyn HedermanChapter 3: The Charitable Status of English Antivivisection: How It Was Lost and Could Be RegainedBy A. W. H. BatesChapter 4: The “Glass Walls” Theory: A History and Discussion of the Guidelines and Laws concerning Nonhuman Animals in the North American Film IndustryBy Rebecca StantonChapter 5: Bringing Animal Cruelty Investigation into Mainstream Law Enforcement in the United StatesBy Randall LockwoodPart II: Ethical–Legal IssuesChapter 6 From Ethics into LawBy David FavreChapter 7: From Morally Relevant Features to Relevant Legal Protection: A Critique of the Legal Concept of Animal

Animal Ethics and Animal Law brilliantly explores the intersection of ethics and law in our treatment of nonhuman animals. Legal and ethical scholars examine historical moments that inform contemporary issues, discuss the moral status of animals and how such status is reflected in law, and analyze case studies that demonstrate the current failure of law to adequately protect the interests of nonhuman animals. A thoughtful and inspiring read!