Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals

Wise, Steven M.

ISBN 10: 0738200654 / ISBN 13: 9780738200651

Published by Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 1999, Cambridge, MA, 1999

About this Item

Hard Cover. Very Good+++/Near Fine. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Everything needed to convince judges, scientists, lawyers and the millions of others who care deeply about animals of the injustice of denying them basic legal rights. 362 pages inclduing index. Sticker on front end paper. Overall, terrific copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals
• Publisher: Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 1999, Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738200654
• ISBN 13: 9780738200651
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Printing
• Condition: Very Good+++
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Animals

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Synopsis

While the popular animal rights movement gains ever-increasing momentum, in the courts the dark ages prevail. The evolution of law that has brought fundamental rights to the most defenseless humans has yet to begin for other species. A human lost in a permanent vegetative state enjoys a large array of legal rights. But a chimpanzee—a creature who can communicate with language, count, understand the minds of others, feel a variety of emotions, live in a complex culture, and make and use tools—has no rights at all.Steven Wise, who has worked and communicated with the world's most prominent primatologists, demonstrates that, based on the latest scientific findings, the cognitive, emotional, and social capacities of at least chimps and bonobos entitle them to freedom from imprisonment and abuse. His path-breaking, witty, and impeccably researched book has everything needed to convince judges, scientists, lawyers, and the millions of others who simply care about animals of the injustice of denying them basic legal rights.

About the Author

Stephen M. Wise, J.D. has practiced animal protection law for twenty years and teaches "Animal Rights Law" at Harvard Law School, Vermont Law School, John Marshall Law School, and in the Masters Program in Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. Former president of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, founder and president of the Center for the Expansion of Fundamental Rights, he has written numerous scholarly articles about animal rights and has collaborated and communicated for years with leading scientists in the fields of primatology and animal intelligence and behavior. He lives in Needham, Massachusetts with his wife and law partner, Debra Slater-Wise, three children, and two companion animals.