| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 300 p.) |
| Series |
Law, meaning, and violence |
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Law, meaning, and violence
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| Contents |
Contents -- 1. Constituting Legal Meaning -- 2. Expanding the Circle: The Evolution of Animal Rights -- 3. The Political Deployment of Rights -- 4. Rights Strategically Understood -- 5. Animals in the Courtroom: The Direct Effects of Litigation -- 6. Beyond the Courtroom: The Multiple Uses of Litigation -- 7. Litigative Practice and the Constitution of Meaning -- 8. Conclusion: Meaning and Identity -- Appendix A: Notes on Data Gathering -- Appendix B: Animal Advocacy Groups -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Unleashing Rights is a study of the animal rights movement's efforts to advance social reform through the deployment of legal language and practices. The study looks at how prevailing understandings of rights language have shaped the attempt to put forth the idea that animals have rights, and how this attempt, in turn, offers the opportunity to reconstruct the meaning of rights. The book also examines the way litigation has influenced the movement's activities and opportunities for success. Unleashing Rights is a book that illustrates the relationship between law, social movement activism, and social change. The book joins the ongoing debate within public law scholarship that is concerned with the effectiveness of legal strategies and languages. The book also speaks to those interested in the general study of social movements and in the particular study of the animal rights movement. With its cultural approach focused on rights language and the construction of meaning, the work will be of interest to the disciplines of law and political science, as well as those who study sociology, anthropology, and philosophy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Animal rights
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Animal rights movement
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Animal welfare -- Law and legislation
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Natural law
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Animal Rights
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Animal Welfare -- law & legislation
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Ethics
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LAW -- General.
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Animal rights
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Animal rights movement
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Animal welfare -- Law and legislation
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Natural law
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Tierschutzrecht
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Tierethik
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Tierschutz
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020749616 |
| ISBN |
9780472022816 |
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0472022814 |
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9786612423369 |
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6612423366 |
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1282423363 |
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9781282423367 |
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