Section on Animal Law
Solana, South Tower/Level 1, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
All Law is Animal Law: Teaching Animal Law Across the Cirriculum
Asking "what is animal law?" is like asking "what is human law?" Virtually every substantive area of the law involves issues that concern animals. Examples include: contract disputes over the purchase of a thoroughbred race horse, tort disputes that arise when a family's pet dog is killed by the negligence of a neighbor or veterinarian, custody disputes over the family cat, trust law constraints on a person's ability to provide for his pet parrot after his death, disability issues that arise when a landlord refuses to allow an individual's service or emotional support animal in her apartment, health law issues stemming from a pet tortoise or the use of animals as research subjects for experiments about human health conditions, criminal law prosecutions of dog fighting, environmental law issues when confined animal feeding operations pollute the water, and international trade issues when a country prohibits importation of products produced by methods cruel to animals. These are but a few interesting topics for professors of many different subjects of law. This panel will explore the ways "all law is animal law" and how to introduce cutting-edge animal law issues into different courses.
Business Meeting at program conclusion.
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