Categories: Administrative and Regulatory Law
Course Description
ANIMAL LAW MEGAN
A. SENATORI
for the consideration of the interests of animals in the law? Throughout the
course of the semester, we will examine the historical and current status of
animals in our legal system. Students will examine a diverse cross-section of
law devoted to the controversial moral, ethical, and public policy
considerations germane to efforts to balance the interests of animals and those
of humans. This course is not an animal rights course. Rather, students will be
invited to explore whether the law has a place for animals and, if so, where
lines ought to be drawn.
participation, as well as a 15-20 page paper (for 2 credits) and an oral
argument (for 3 credits).