| Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals Contributor(s): Wise, Steven M. (Author), Goodall, Jane (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0738204374 ISBN-13: 9780738204376 Publisher: Westview Publishing OUR PRICE: $24.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 Annotation: An animal rights lawyer explains how the failure to recognize the basic rights of chimpanzees and bonobos in light of modern scientific findings creates a glaring contradiction in our law. "A path-breaking book that makes it impossible to continue thinking of animals as mere property".--Peter Singer, Princeton University. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animal Rights - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 344.730 |
| Lexile Measure: 1630 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rattling the Cage explains how the failure to recognize the basic legal rights of chimpanzees and bonobos in light of modern scientific findings creates a glaring contradiction in our law. In this witty, moving, persuasive, and impeccably researched argument, Wise demonstrates that the cognitive, emotional, and social capacities of these apes entitle them to freedom from imprisonment and abuse. |