Kimberly C. Moore

Gebundenes Buch

The Case for the Legal Protection of Animals

Humanity's Shared Destiny with the Animal Kingdom

Beschreibung

This book presents the case for legal protection for animals based on humanity's shared interests and destinies with the animal kingdom. To underscore the urgent need for legal reform, the book documents how animals are in crisis, with separate discussions on animals in entertainment, research, fashion, the food industry, and animals in our homes, as well as issues that impact wildlife and aquatic animals. In each of the foregoing areas, there is a discussion of major developments for animals across the globe, the objective being to demonstrate how the U.S. is out of step with other major countries in its legal treatment of animals. The importance of media as a driver of change is also considered. This background culminates to the heart of the book, which discusses and analyzes the link between human rights and animal rights, with nine areas explored (e.g., loss of biodiversity; environmental destruction; zoonotic diseases; world hunger; violence). Challengesto legal reforms are also explored, including issues associated with weak laws, the failure to enforce existing laws, and governmental agencies that tend to overlook the actions of industries. Finally, the book explores the development of animal law and the trajectory of current laws, with analysis of developing 'rights of nature' laws and 'legal personhood' status for animals.

Autor

Kimberly C. Moore is a senior attorney at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in Washington, D.C., where she is an expert on laws governing the treatment of animals, federal income taxation, private equity and real estate. She is the Director of Public Relations for Fur Free Society, Inc. and has represented organizations dedicated to the protection of animals. Kimberly is a Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. 

Produktdetails

• The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-031-46064-7
• 1st edition 2023
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9783031460647
• ISBN-10: 3031460642
• Artikelnr.: 68875478

Rezensionen

"With improved technology and a much greater appetite among the young for books ... . Here are two books that Sanctuary believes should be in every public library and in the homes of all those whose hearts beat to nature's drum. ... It was a pleasant experience reading her recently published book on this topic ... . The Case for the Legal Protection of Animals represents a laudable and important contribution to our understanding of all animals." (Shubhobroto Ghosh, Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 44 (6), June, 2024)