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LEADER: 02718cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2009039166
003 DLC
005 20100528125311.0
008 090928s2010 miu j b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009039166
020 $a9780737747379 (hardcover)
020 $a0737747374 (hardcover)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn441153680
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYDXCP$dILC$dDLC
050 00 $aHV4708$b.A565 2010
082 00 $a179/.3$222
245 00 $aAnimal welfare /$cSylvia Engdahl, book editor.
260 $aFarmington Hills, MI :$bGreenhaven Press,$cc2010.
300 $a198 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aIssues on trial
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.185-189) and index.
520 $aExamines how the courts have helped to shape the issue of animal welfare.
505 0 $aUnanimous opinion : animal welfare advocates have the right to sue in the court of their choice / Thurgood Marshall -- Animal welfare advocates lack standing to take animal mistreatment issues to court / Kenneth Starr -- Courts should view animals as more than mere personal property / Lauren Magnotti -- The research done on the Silver Spring monkeys led to an important discovery / Denyse O'Leary -- The court's opinion : animals do not have standing to bring suit / William A. Fletcher -- The Cetacean ruling opens the door to other suits by animals / John F. Tamburo -- Congrss does not have authority to give animals the right to sue / Matthew Armstrong -- Cetacean exemplifies the difficulty of suing for harm to nature / W. Earl Webster -- Human plaintifs can act as proxies for animals in lawsuits / Harvard Law Review -- The court's opinion : anticruelty regulations cannot exempt agricultural practices on grounds that they are routine / Helen Hoens -- Many agricultural practices are cruel to animals and should be banned / Erin M. Tobin and Katherine A. Meyer -- Support for humane treatment of farm animals is growing / Kim Severson -- Farmers and veterinarians believe current farm practices are humane / Neil D. Hamilton -- Majority opinion : the need to conduct naval training exercises outweighs protection of marine mammals / John Roberts -- Dissenting opinion : defense considerations do not authorize the Navy to violate the law / Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- The court seemed closely divided in Winter v. NRDC / Scott Dodd -- Environmental laws should not be allowed to thwart defense preparedness / David Stirling -- The U.S. legal system is ill equipped to protect the natural world / Mary Munson -- Winter could alter the balance between environmental concerns and the national defense / Jeremy Rabkin
650 0 $aAnimal welfare$vJuvenile literature.
700 1 $aEngdahl, Sylvia.
830 0 $aIssues on trial.