| Description |
xviii, 349 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Ethics and action
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-344) and index. |
| Contents |
Legal welfarism : the consequences of the property status of animals -- Status of animals as property -- Problem : unnecessary suffering and the humane treatment of property -- Dominion of humans over animals, the defects of animals, and the common law -- Two examples of legal welfarism -- Exclusion of animal interests from legal consideration : the doctrine of standing -- Laws and rights : claims, benefits, interests and the instrumental status of animals -- General application of the theory : anticruelty statutes. |
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Purposes of anticruelty statutes -- Anticruelty statutes and the protection of the institutionalized exploitation of animals -- Specific application of the theory : the regulation of animal experimentation -- Animal experimentation : animal property and human benefit -- Federal Animal Welfare Act -- Administrative regulation of the Animal Welfare Act -- Animal Welfare Act in the courts -- Alternative to legal welfarism. |
| Subject |
Animal welfare -- Law and legislation.
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Animals -- Law and legislation.
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Animal rights.
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| Added Author |
Kunstler, William Moses, 1919-1995.
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| ISBN |
1566392837 (c : alk. paper) |
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1566392845 (p : alk. paper) |
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