Francione, Gary L. <br/><br/>
Animals, property, and the law 
Gary L. Francione ; with a foreword by William M. Kunstler. 
 - Philadelphia  Temple University Press  1995. 
 - xviii, 349 p.  24 cm. 
 - Ethics and action .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-344) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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.  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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1566392837 (c : alk. paper) 9781566392839 (c : alk. paper) 1566392845 (p : alk. paper) 9781566392846 (p : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94026263  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Animal welfare--Law and legislation--United States.<br/>Animal rights<br/>Animals--Law and legislation--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF 3841  / .F73 1995 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>346.7304/6954  347.30646954