Animal law is a growing discipline, as is animal ethics. In this wide-ranging book, scholars from around the world address the intersections between the two. A project of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, this collection focuses on pressing moral issues and how law can protect animals from cruelty and abuse.

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 Animals as “Property”By Frances M. C. RobinsonChapter 8: The Nonhuman Rights Project’s Struggles to Gain Legal Rights for Nonhuman AnimalsBy Steven M. WiseChapter 9: Animals as Quasi-Property/PersonsBy Angela FernandezChapter 10: Housing Rights and Forever Homes: Reforms to Make Our Cities More Livable for Our Companion Animals and OurselvesBy Solana Joy PhillipsChapter 11: A Legal Critique of the Putative Educational Value of ZoosBy Alice CollinsonChapter 12: Our Costly Obsession: Animal Welfare, Plastic Pollution, and New Directions for ChangeBy Mariah Rayfield BeckChapter 13: Why Anti-Cruelty Laws Are Not EnoughBy Matthew J. WebberPart III: Case StudiesChapter 14: The European Union: Make Animal Law Work—The Direct Effect Principle in EU Law as an Instrument for Improving Animal Welfare By Lena HehemannChapter 15: US and New Zealand: Farmed Animals and the Rule of LawBy Danielle DuffieldChapter 16: Africa: Crimes against Nonhumanity? The Case of the African ElephantBy Ruaidhrí D. WilsonChapter 17: India: Whither Bovinity? Hindu Dharma, the Indian State, and Conflicting Moral Perspectives over Cow ProtectionBy Kenneth ValpeyChapter 18: United Kingdom and Ireland: Animal Law Compared By Maureen O’Sullivan and Stephanie O’FlynnAbout the Contributors

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!