Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals ebook

by Jane Goodall,Steven M. Wise

has practiced animal law for over twenty years and has taught at the Harvard, Vermont, and John Marshall law schools. He is President of the Center for the Expansion of Fundamental Rights, which he founded in 1995. Others have written books about how to theoretically gain legal rights for animals, but Steve Wise is the first lawyer to present how to actually do it. Hope, now Mr. Wise will expand his knowledge to ALL animals. He does not propose that chimpanzee have the right to sue or to vote, but he does say they have the right to live their lives in peace without our involvement. Do they not have the right to have THEIR habitat protected?

In Rattling the Cage, Wise-who teaches "animal rights law" at several academic . Rattling the Cage is a must read book, not only for lawyers, but for all compassionate humans.

In Rattling the Cage, Wise-who teaches "animal rights law" at several academic institutions, including Harvard Law School-presents a thorough survey of the legal, philosophical, and religious origins of humankind's inhumanity toward citizens of the animal kingdom. Rattling the Cage offers Wise's argument to secure the blessings of liberty for chimpanzees and bonobos. 15 people found this helpful.

Steven M. Wise (born 1952, age 65) is an American legal scholar who specializes in animal protection issues, primatology, and animal intelligence. He teaches animal rights law at Harvard Law School, Vermont Law School, John Marshall Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, and Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. He is a former president of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and founder and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project

Rattling the Cage explains how the failure to recognize the basic legal . A potentially historic work on the legal case for animal rights that shoots itself in the paw with shrill terms and tactics.

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A Merloyd Lawrence book. Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-337) and index.

Foreward by Jane Goodall. Rattling the cage: toward legal rights for animals. An eloquent foreword by Jane Goodall, together with Wise's own harrowing first chapter, describe the nightmarish existences imposed on our nearest nonhuman relatives, the chimpanzees and bonobos, for the sake of science, entertainment, and profit-nightmares enabled by a legal system that treats all nonhumans as mere things.

Rattling The Cage book. Rattling the Cage explains how the failure to recognize the basic legal rights of chimpanzees and bonobos in light of modern scientific findings creates a glaring contradiction in our law. Rattling the Cage explains how the failure to recognize the basic.

Rattling the Cage : Towards Legal Rights for Animals.

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 chimpanzeea 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 toolshas 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.

Cozius

Superbly written and informative. Would make a great text for college courses, as well as the general public interested in animal welfare, animal rights, or animal law.
Strong endorsements by leaders in the animal welfare domain such as Jane Goodall and Peter Singer.

Kizshura

Very good

Vareyma

I know it is a text book, but it was a really good buy. I had to get it for a class, but never wanted to sell it back because of the useful information on geography, physical science, and earth science.

Moswyn

Prompt delivery, nice goods. Thanks.

Fenrikree

The author's main goal is to effectively motivate the importance of establishing the legal "personhood" of chimpanzees and bonobos based on, among other things, their astounding genetic similarity to humans. His arguments are strong and convincing. Early on, the book guides the reader through the basics of modern and ancient legal systems. Later, many cases of chimpanzee and bonobo intelligence are meticulously documented. I learned a lot not only about animal cognition, but also about legal traditions. The possibilities for grand-scale changes are tantalizing. I predict this book will be the first rumble in an earthquake of changes to the way non-human animals are viewed by the law.
A book like this will inevitably generate controversy and harsh criticism. Back when women were considered inferior to men, there were countless opponents to granting all humans the right to vote regardless of gender. Similarly, people who enslaved African Americans spoke out against establishing human rights that would apply to all regardless of race; in fact many threatened or even physically harmed folks who took a view counter to their own. Along the same lines, there will be many cowardly individuals who feel falsely endangered by an argument that paves the way toward the introduction of basic rights for non-humans. But the revolution has begun.
Steven Wise has earned my profound respect. This is an excellent book.

Angana

Animals are living, breathing, feeling, living, loving, soul-filled children of God, just as much as we human animals are.

Further, Animals can (and do) speak, only we ignorant human animals are too stupid to take the time to listen.

We human animals are legends in our own minds.

Animals deserve the same love, respect, compassion, consideration, AND RIGHTS that we afford to anyone else.

Animals have souls....... eternal souls.

To think otherwise is to be ignorant, arrogant, speciesist and one other thing: Wrong.

I highly recommend the book "The Souls of Animals".

Slimy politicians dont want to give Animals Rights for three reasons:

1. Animals dont vote (Thus, for politicians who are seeking to climb the political ladder, giving Animals rights doesnt help the politicians, because no "monetary thanks" or "political support" are forthcoming...therefore, they dont care, unless they can benefit.)

2. Animals dont carry wallets (Thus, politicians dont care about them, because they dont contribute to the campaigns)

3. Politicians are human animals, and like many human animals, they only think of themselves, and they are ignorant of the fact that ALL Animals (human or otherwise) are equally important. This prejudice is called SPECIESISM. It gives us the delusion of grandeur that allows us to hype ourselves, while ignoring our spiritual siblings who walk on four legs, and who deserve just as much love, compassion, and LEGAL RIGHTS that the rest of us do.

If WE tell the politicians that they wont be getting OUR votes, or OUR campaign contributions, unless they give Animals legal rights, you will see alot more Animal friendly politicians out there, and Animals will gain many legal rights. Try it and see.

Oh, and just one question for you......If YOUR soul was in the body of a Cat or Dog, would YOU want rights?

You better believe you most certainly would, therefore, lets give Animals the rights that they so richly deserve!

"Man has alot to learn from the higher Animals"

-Mark Twain

Avarm

Others have written books about how to theoretically gain legal rights for animals, but Steve Wise is the first lawyer to present how to actually do it. Hope, now Mr. Wise will expand his knowledge to ALL animals.
He does not propose that chimpanzee have the right to sue or to vote, but he does say they have the right to live their lives in peace without our involvement. Do they not have the right to have THEIR habitat protected? Do they not have the right to not be kidnapped from their family and homes and to be locked in a cage subjected to years of horrific and inhumane tests for the sole benefit of mankind? They DO have the right to be left alone. I guess it is a long road since mankind has no humanity for itself.
Rattling the Cage is a must read book, not only for lawyers, but for all compassionate humans.