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The Limits Of Legislation In Achieving Social Change, Theodore S. Meth Jan 1981

The Limits Of Legislation In Achieving Social Change, Theodore S. Meth

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This paper is about law, not laboratory animals or philosophical ethics. It proceeds from the premise that law is an appropriate, perhaps inevitable, instrument for dealing with ethical issues related to the use of research animals.


Use Of The Legislative Process In Protecting Animals, Hugh Mcnamee Jan 1966

Use Of The Legislative Process In Protecting Animals, Hugh Mcnamee

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The statements that I shall make in this address are based upon experience gained by me as a lawyer, and as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. That experience was applied to the successful pioneer attempt to enact the Ohio Rodeo Law of which I was the author and the pilot. Ohio is the first state in which a law has been passed to prohibit certain cruelty practices prevalent in rodeos and thus virtually eliminate them as a medium of public entertainment.

The origin of legislation is in some comprehension of a condition that needs correction by law. …