Animal Law
- Semester: Fall 2025
- Course ID: 291P
- Credit Hours: 2
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Unique: 30709
Course Information
- Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Meeting Times
| Day | Time |
|---|---|
| WED | 9:50 - 11:40 am |
Evaluation Method
| Type | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other |
Description
Taught by Robyn Katz.
This course is designed to familiarize you with the abundance of topics and legal issues within the field of animal law. In addition to relevant statutes and case law, we will examine the extent to which jurisprudence, legal systems, litigation, legislation, and societal values impact how practitioners, lawmakers, the judiciary, law students, legal scholars, and lay people perceive animals. In doing so, this course will not only facilitate learning substantive law in the field, but also help you understand the framework of claims and assumptions (both explicit and implicit) against which animal law legislation, litigation, and decisions are made.
Textbooks:
Bruce A. Wagman, Sonia S. Waisman, & Pamela D. Frasch, Animal Law: Cases and Materials (6th ed. 2019).
AND
Yong, Ed, An Immense World. Random House, 2023.