Amazon.com description: Product Description: In Animal Law: Welfare, Interest, and Rights, author David Favre uses problems, case studies, and doctrine as part of a thoughtful exploration of the history, law, and policy of animals rights. Including ample material on jurisprudence, Favre asks students to consider: What are the arguments for animal rights as a matter of philosophy and law? Student-friendly text introduces cases that address a variety of topics. A rich selection of materials shed light on the history of legal and policy protections for animals dating back to 1867. The timely Second Edition updates Animal Law: Welfare, Interest, and Rights. A New Jersey case and legislature impacts animals in agriculture. Favre considers recent cases on dog fighting, as well as a custody dispute case involving a dog. The procedural standing chapter offers timely new cases and a new, improved organization. Tracing the development of animal rights law, this innovative casebook features:

• David Favre, who has extensive experience teaching and speaking around the world on animal rights issues
• a consistent emphasis on issues that the public faces with regard to animals , including ownership, sale, veterinary malpractice, recovery for damages for harm to animals, and more
• accessible problems and engaging case studies on animal rights topics
• jurisprudence and legal reasoning: what are the arguments for animal rights as a matter of philosophy and law?
• case decisions supported by informative text
• a rich variety of material that traces the 100-year history of animal rights
• an in-depth treatment of the law and policy protecting commercial and agricultural animals

The timely Second Edition includes:

• a key New Jersey decision and legislation concerning animals in agricultural
• recent cases on dog fighting
• a look at dog custody in a divorce case
• new cases on procedural standing
• a new case on an individual hoarding animals