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The Domestic Chicken as Legal Fiction

open access: yesHumanimalia, 2017
This paper explores the legal fictions surrounding the domestic chicken and its place in animal agriculture through a comparison of law and cultural narrative.
Estée Crenshaw
doaj   +1 more source

Why Animal Law Matters: Establishing Animal Law Section in Era of Emerging Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article defines animal law and discusses some of the areas of practice that deal with animal law ...
Huss, Rebecca J.
core   +1 more source

Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic Influences on Reports of Canine Welfare Concerns to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in Queensland, Australia

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
Human−dog relationships are an important contributor to the welfare of dogs, but little is known about the importance of socioeconomic status of the dogs’ owners.
Hao Yu Shih   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Similarity or Difference as a Basis for Justice: Must Animals Be Like Humans to Be Legally Protected from Humans? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Justice may not require that animals be exactly the same as humans or that they have rights exactly coterminous with the rights of humans, but justice would require that animals receive protection in ways that match up with those similarities they share ...
Bryant, Taimie L.
core   +1 more source

Measurement of Cruelty in Children: The Cruelty to Animals Inventory

open access: yesJournal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2004
Cruelty to animals may be a particularly pernicious aspect of problematic child development. Progress in understanding the development of the problem is limited due to the complex nature of cruelty as a construct, and limitations with current assessment measures.
Dadds, Mark   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Australian Royal Commissions Into Child Welfare, Abuse and Protection

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Both nationally and internationally, the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (RCIRCSA) is widely viewed as a remarkably successful public inquiry. Unlike many other commissions, it was stable, attracted little controversy, was highly regarded, and led to extensive legal, regulatory and policy reform ...
Shurlee Swain, Katie Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Injustice, relational violence, and the foster system

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Political theorists have not paid sustained attention to the foster system or treated it as a political institution. Despite this, scholars and social movement advocates have identified the system as a site of social and political injustice. This paper develops an account of racial, class, and relational injustice in the contemporary US foster
Emma Ebowe
wiley   +1 more source

Legal protection of animals in Israel

open access: yesDerecho Animal, 2017
Israel’s legislatures have been strongly promoting animal welfare and animal rights in recent decades, as lawmakers have united in giving increased importance to animal cruelty and suffering at the Knesset, in a country where the number of vegans is ...
Marine Lercier
doaj   +1 more source

Foreword: Animal Law: Thinking About the Future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This foreword touches on some of the challenges animal lawyers and animal advocates face today, then proposes some future directions, both for the field in general and for legal academics in ...
Welty, Jeff
core   +2 more sources

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