Animal Law
Publication Type: |
Generic |
Year of Publication: |
2007 |
Authors: |
P. Waldau |
Publication/Journal: |
Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships |
Publisher: |
Greenwood Press |
Keywords: |
animal law, human-animals studies |
Abstract:
Animal law is one of the most prominent of the disciplines in the emerging field of human-animals studies. This article describes this new field and then outlines some of the most basic features of existing law as it impacts nonhuman animals.