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Reflections On Animals, Property, And The Law And Rain Without Thunder, Gary L. Francione Jan 2007

Reflections On Animals, Property, And The Law And Rain Without Thunder, Gary L. Francione

Law and Contemporary Problems

Animal interests will almost always be regarded as less important than human interests, even when the human interest at stake is relatively trivial and the animal interest at stake is significant. The result of any supposed balancing of human and nonhuman interests required by animal-welfare laws is predetermined from the outset by the property status of the nonhuman as a "food animal," "experimental animal," "game animal," et cetera.


A Return To Descartes: Property, Profit, And The Corporate Ownership Of Animals, Darian M. Ibrahim Jan 2007

A Return To Descartes: Property, Profit, And The Corporate Ownership Of Animals, Darian M. Ibrahim

Law and Contemporary Problems

Philosopher Rene Descartes claimed that animals were no different than inanimate objects: that they could not think or feel pain. Rejection of Descartes' views on animals is nearly universal, but today's factory farms are only possible by treating animals according to Cartesian principles. When faced with the realization that animal foods can be made affordable to most consumers only through factory farming, society is left with a dichotomous choice: either stop purchasing and consuming animal products, or animals will continue to suffer in factory farms.


What’S Good For The Goose…The Israeli Supreme Court, Foie Gras And The Future Of Farmed Animals In The United States, Mariann Sullivan, David J. Wolfson Jan 2007

What’S Good For The Goose…The Israeli Supreme Court, Foie Gras And The Future Of Farmed Animals In The United States, Mariann Sullivan, David J. Wolfson

Law and Contemporary Problems

Of particular interest in the issue of cruelty to farmed animals is the 2003 decision by the Supreme Court of Israel, sitting as the High Court of Justice, annulling, on animal cruelty grounds, regulations regarding the force-feeding of geese for the production of foie gras, and, ultimately, prohibiting the practice and thereby eradicating the industry.


Broad Exemptions In Animal-Cruelty Statutes Unconstitutionally Deny Equal Protection Of The Law, William A. Reppy Jr. Jan 2007

Broad Exemptions In Animal-Cruelty Statutes Unconstitutionally Deny Equal Protection Of The Law, William A. Reppy Jr.

Law and Contemporary Problems

This article considers the history, interpretation, and constitutionality of statutory exemptions that preclude prosecution either for misdemeanor or felony violation of North Carolina's criminal animal-cruelty statute, section 14-3601 of the General Statutes, in nine situations.