Rattling The Cage: Toward Legal Rights For AnimalsHachette+ORM, 08.07.2014 - 384 Seiten 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. |
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... court on behalf of outraged pet owners, Wise stands apart in the be- lief that he can reshape the legal concepts of 'person' and 'property' through common law.” —Associated Press “The issue as to what our responsibility is to the.
... court on behalf of outraged pet owners, Wise stands apart in the be- lief that he can reshape the legal concepts of 'person' and 'property' through common law.” —Associated Press “The issue as to what our responsibility is to the.
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... Court: Inside the Historic Demand for Nonhuman Rights” —Wired “Grupo pede habeas corpus para chimpanzé nos EUA” (“Group seeks habeas corpus for U.S. chimp”) —Folha de São Paulo “Lawsuits Could Turn Chimpanzees into Legal Persons ...
... Court: Inside the Historic Demand for Nonhuman Rights” —Wired “Grupo pede habeas corpus para chimpanzé nos EUA” (“Group seeks habeas corpus for U.S. chimp”) —Folha de São Paulo “Lawsuits Could Turn Chimpanzees into Legal Persons ...
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... courts considered all human beings “legal persons,” on one side of that Great Legal Wall. The rest of creation is composed of “legal things,” on the other side. The distinction is critical, as only “legal persons” count in a court ...
... courts considered all human beings “legal persons,” on one side of that Great Legal Wall. The rest of creation is composed of “legal things,” on the other side. The distinction is critical, as only “legal persons” count in a court ...
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... courts mention a case from pre-independence India in which a Hindu idol was recognized as a legal person. The Supreme Court of India held in 2000 that Sikh holy books are legal persons. A Pakistani court has recognized the personhood of ...
... courts mention a case from pre-independence India in which a Hindu idol was recognized as a legal person. The Supreme Court of India held in 2000 that Sikh holy books are legal persons. A Pakistani court has recognized the personhood of ...
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... Court of King's Bench to transform his status from a legally invisible “legal thing” to “legal person” who counted in law. Habeas corpus petitions are litigated quickly and simply, free of technicalities. The four petitioners were the ...
... Court of King's Bench to transform his status from a legally invisible “legal thing” to “legal person” who counted in law. Habeas corpus petitions are litigated quickly and simply, free of technicalities. The four petitioners were the ...
Inhalt
1 | |
9 | |
3 The Legal Thinghood of Nonhuman Animals | 23 |
4 Border Crossings | 35 |
5 What Are Legal Rights? | 49 |
6 Liberty and Equality | 63 |
7 The Common Law | 89 |
8 Consciousness Taxonomy and Minds | 119 |
9 Seasons of the Mind | 163 |
10 Chimpanzee and Bonobo Minds | 179 |
11 Bending Toward Justice | 239 |
Other Cages Other Peaks | 267 |
Notes | 271 |
About the Author | 339 |
Index | 341 |
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