Product Description

This book looks at animal law in a wide context and considers policy issues,moral and ethical debates, political ideas and economic influences. It concentrates on public forms of control as these make up the bulk of legal protection in this area, but it also looks briefly at common law controls. The book also examines European law and International law and it takes a comparative look at Australian law which has taken a different stance to the UK in relation to the protection of animals.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #626218 in Books
• Published on: 1997-06-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 498 pages

Review
It is a very helpful reference book with a lot to offer anyone interested in these subjects or wanting to strengthen their arguments in debate ... There is plenty of background to current issues,references to leading writers and and thinkers and to the main organisations active in these fields. These are backed up by extensive quotations and good summaries of the relevant law, case studies and points for discussion. Feline Advisory Bureau, Summer 1998. The text will prove to be a valuable contribution to the animal welfare and protection literature and will provide students with a solid introduction to this complex and contentious area. Modern Law Review, May 1998.

About the Author
Simin Brooman, BA (Hons), PGCE, Senior Lecturer in Law, Liverpool John Moores University, and Dr Debbie Legge, LLB, MA, PhD, Lecturer in Law, Liverpool John Moores University, Editor of the Liverpool Law Review and current Water Editor of the Utilities Law Review

Customer Reviews

invaluble
Clear, informative and interesting, this book gives a history of the laws relating to animals and clearly sets out the legislation needed by the reader to learn and understand these laws and to use and apply them further. I would recommend this book to Animal students and others, even if there is no law taught, as it gives great understanding of the place of animals in society and worldwide and the work being done to protect them and the humans who work with them.