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Spring 2010
6305 Animal Law - BURES DANNA- 31925

Professor(s): Amy Bures Danna (ADJUNCT)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Law And Society/ Interdisciplinary 

Time: 4:00p-5:30p  TTh Location:  

Course Outline: Animal law is the study of statutory and decisional law in which the nature—legal, social, or biological—of non-human animals is an important factor. A wide variety of issues are examined, including those that fall into the general categories of Torts, Property Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Contracts, Wills/Trusts, and some selected Federal legislation. Animal law as presented in this course is not synonymous with “animal rights” or with any particular political, moral, or ethical agenda. Rather, it is an objective and logical specialization of the law—one with a growing number of cases and statutes, increasing public and practical interest, and significantly different historical, legal, and philosophical foundations than most other areas of law.

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First Day Assignments: First Day Assignment
Chapter 1 – What Is An Animal?
SECTION 1. DEFINING "ANIMAL"
Knox v. Massachusetts Soc’y For The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 425 N.E.2d 393 (Mass. Ct. App. 1981)
Notes following case
People v. Garcia, 777 N.Y.S.2d 846 (N.Y. Sup. 2004)
Notes following case

Final Exam Schedule: 05/13 3 - 6 pm      

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Book Requirements:

• (11/9/2009 11:11:09 AM) Title: Animal Law: Cases and Materials
  Author: Bruce A. Wagman, Pamela D. Frasch, Sonia S. Waisman
  Edition: 4th Year: 2009 ISBN: 978-1-59460-672-4  Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
   casebound