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This category lists sites related to legal aspects of animal welfare and rights, including cases and materials, legal watch groups, analysis, related books and resources.

Subcategories

• Animal Experiments
• Farming
• Pets
• Wildlife

Resources in This Category

• Animal Legal & Historical Center - Detroit College of Law

  http://www.animallaw.info/
  Planned repository of a full set of legal material relating to animals for all levels in the US, foreign national and international. Includes case law, policies, journals, publications and historical materials.

• Animal Legal Defense Fund

  http://www.aldf.org/
  Animal rights law organization based in California. Programs include civil litigation, working to enact state felony anti-cruelty statutes, and the Great Ape Legal Program, dedicated to winning legal rights for great apes.

• Animal Rights Law Office (ARLO)

  http://www.angelfire.com/ca/arlopage/
  Office of Michael Rotsten, attorney at law, specializing in animal rights cases. California.

• AnimalLaw.com

  http://www.animallaw.com/
  Provides a database of animal welfare and animal rights from pending legislation through relevant case law digests. From the National Anti-Vivisection Society, Chicago.

• International Animal-Law

  http://www.animal-law.biz/
  Provides information about international initiatives and projects regarding animals, welfare, law and ethics.

• Journal of Animal Law

  http://www.animallaw.info/policy/pojouranimlawinfo.htm
  Student-run law review at Michigan State University discussing animal welfare issues in law and public policy.

• NABR Animal Law Section

  http://www.nabranimallaw.org/
  Provides information about the rapidly growing area of animal law from a biomedical research perspective. The site contains news articles, case law, statutes, law review articles and regulations related to the use of animals in research.

• Rutgers University School of Law - Animal Rights Law Project

  http://www.animal-law.org/
  About animal rights law, cases and materials, handbooks online, statutes and regulations. An academic project of Professor Gary Francione and Adjunct Professor Anna E. Charlton.

• Society for Animal Protective Legislation

  http://www.saplonline.org/
  Status of legislation and how to lobby for laws. Action alerts, pending legislation, Congress scorecard and news. Washington DC, US.

• State Bar of Texas Animal Law Section

  http://www.animallawsection.org/
  The State Bar of Texas Animal Law Section promotes the study and understanding of laws, regulations, and court decisions dealing with legal issues involving animals. The section hosts a list serve, sponsors educational seminars, publishes a newsletter, and holds an annual meeting.

• The Chimps' Day in Court

  http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/02/20/reviews/000220.20sunstet.html
  Review by Cass R. Sunstein of 'Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals' by Steven M. Wise, a book advocating legal personhood for animals.

• The International Institute For Animal Law

  http://www.animallawintl.org/
  Dedicated to developing legal scholarship and advocacy skills on behalf of animals. Offers news and resources along with details of programs, awards, grants and their board of directors.

• Wayne State University Law School Student Animal Legal Defense Fund

  http://www.freewebs.com/wsulawsaldf/
  Law school student organization aiming to provide a forum for education, advocacy, and scholarship to protect the lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal system, and raising the profile of the field of animal law.

 

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