Francione, Gary L. (Gary Lawrence) creator text bibliography pau Philadelphia Temple University Press 1995 monographic eng

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xviii, 349 p. 24 cm. 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. Gary L. Francione ; with a foreword by William M. Kunstler. Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-344) and index. Animal welfare Law and legislation United States Animal rights Animals Law and legislation United States KF 3841 .F73 1995 346.7304/6954 347.30646954 1566392837 (c : alk. paper) 9781566392839 (c : alk. paper) 1566392845 (p : alk. paper) 9781566392846 (p : alk. paper) 94026263 PUCPR 940607 20160527185836.0 250589