Animal Law

• Class number: 35511
• Term: Fall 2005
• Instructor: Jane D. Comerford

This course provides an introduction to the expanding law that regulates human treatment of animals. Specific issues considered will include the definition of 'animal' as applicable to anti-cruelty statutes, the doctrines of strict liability and negligence related to injuries caused by animals, veterinary malpractice, the collection of damages for harm to animals, trusts and estates issues arising from the efforts to direct disposition of animals, establishing standing for animal suits, first amendment protections to animal owners, and the nuances of various federal laws such as the Animal Welfare Act and the Endangered Species Act. Statutory issues may also take the class into study of animal experimentation, recent efforts at animal cloning and other developments involving advances in genomic and neuroscience. Since law involving animals comes from such a wide array of sources, no one area of legal doctrine will predominate. Instead the course will introduce students to the many issues in animal law, and area of growing practical and conceptual interest.

Course Schedule

• Date: Tuesday 6:30-9:15PM
• Location: KT 205

Course Information

• Catalog number-Section number: 758-10
• Course Type: Lecture
• Prerequisites: None
• Credits (min/max): 3/3
• Subjects:
  • Health

Enrollment

• Enrollment status: Open
• Current enrollment/capacity: 16/18
• Reserve population/capacity: Law: Evening Students/4
• Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/20

Grading

• Grade basis: Graded
• Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
• Exam type: NO EXAM