" In Animals as Legal Beings, Maneesha Deckha critically examines how Canadian law and,
by extension, other legal orders around the world, participate in the social construction of the …

Animal studies and biopolitics are two of the most dynamic areas of interdisciplinary
scholarship, but until now, they have had little to say to each other. Bringing these two …

Alasdair Cochrane introduces an entirely new theory of animal rights grounded in their
interests as sentient beings. He then applies this theory to different and underexplored …

The first article in this series of five explained how the ancient Greek, Roman, and Hebrew
worlds embraced the idea that the universe had been divinely designed in a Great Chain of …

Cass Sunstein and Martha Nussbaum bring together an all-star cast of contributors to
explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the …

This paper argues that interspecies justice is integral to rising decolonizing nationalist
'reconciliation'efforts in Canada and that such an interspecies perspective on reconciliation …

Something must be believed before it can be seen and properly classified. Between ten and
eleven o'clock on the evening of March 19, 1781, William Herschel, a professional musician …

How much do animals matter--morally? Can we keep considering them as second class
beings, to be used merely for our benefit? Or, should we offer them some form of moral …

Human beings' responsibility to and for their fellow animals has become an increasingly
controversial subject. This book provides a provocative overview of the many different …

Bringing a unique perspective to the burgeoning ethical and legal issues surrounding the
presence of artificial intelligence in our daily lives, the book uses theory and practice on …