Australian animal law : context and critique / Elizabeth Ellis.

Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2022.

1st edition

200003

Animals -- Law and legislation -- Australia -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Animal welfare -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Animal rights -- Australia.

1. What is animal law?

2. Legal and regulatory framework

3. Companion animals

4. Farmed animals

5. Animals used for entertainment, sport and recreation

6. Animals in the wild

7. The use of animals in research and teaching

8. (Re)telling the animal law story.

Australian Animal Law: Context and Critique provides comprehensive information about the legal and regulatory framework governing the interaction between humans and animals. By relating specific content areas to the discipline’s broader characteristics and themes, researcher Elizabeth Ellis exposes the systemic nature of current problems and the consequent need for significant change. This book also illustrates the role of official animal protection narratives in legitimising the existing system despite the many factual flaws they contain. Ellis covers the major areas of animal law in detail, incorporating accessible contextual material and allowing readers to consolidate their understanding and build upon their knowledge. Key areas include the concept of unnecessary animal suffering, the effective exemption of most animals from the operation of cruelty laws, regulatory conflicts of interest, the hidden nature of animal use and the lack of transparency in animal law. Australian Animal Law is an essential resource, inviting reflection on the way the law helps to construct the relationship between human and non-human animals, including through its silences and omissions. - Publisher's website.

Includes index and bibliographical references.

9781743328514

xiii, 383 pages : black & white illustrations ; 21 cm