Beyond Cages

Justin Marceau is Professor and Animal Legal Defense Fund Professor of Law at the University of Denver. He has been retained as an expert witness in the fields of criminal law and animal law, and has published leading articles in both disciplines. He is the inaugural chair of the Scholars Committee for the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy, and the current chair of the Animal Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS).

• 1. Introduction; 2. Incarcerating humans as a salient feature of animal protection; 3. Context: an overview of the mass criminalization problem; 4. A descriptive account and typology of the carceral animal law system; 5. Specific critiques of the carceral turn in animal protection; 6. Race, mass-criminalization and animal law; 7. Punishment and the 'Link' between animal abuse and human violence; 8. Anticipating challenges to the critique of carceral animal law; 9. Conclusion: towards a new research and advocacy agenda for animal protection.

'A groundbreaking call to conscience. Marceau firmly positions animal advocacy alongside broader struggles for social justice, and speaks to our shared values. This is the future of animal law.' Will Potter, author of Green is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege