Introduction: Law, Ethics, and the Special Status of AnimalsAndrew LinzeyClair LinzeyPART I HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVESChapter 1 John Philoponus's Presentation of Animal Rationality and the LawOliver B. LangworthyChapter 2 The Gallinger Bill, a Bill to Regulate Animal Experimentation in the District of Columbia: Forerunner of the 1966 Laboratory Animal Welfare ActRobyn HedermanChapter 3 The Charitable Status of English Antivivisection: How It Was Lost and Could Be RegainedA. W. H. BatesChapter 4 The "Glass Walls" Theory: A History and Discussion of the Guidelines and Laws Concerning Nonhuman Animals in the North American Film IndustryRebecca StantonChapter 5 Bringing Animal Cruelty Investigation into Mainstream Law Enforcement in the United StatesRandall LockwoodPART II ETHICAL-LEGAL ISSUESChapter 6 From Ethics into LawDavid FavreChapter 7 From Morally Relevant Features to Relevant Legal Protection: A Critique of the Legal Concept of Animals as "Property"Frances M. C. RobinsonChapter 8 The Nonhuman Rights Project's Struggles to Gain Legal Rights for Nonhuman AnimalsSteven M. WiseChapter 9 Animals as Quasi-Property/PersonsAngela FernandezChapter 10 Housing Rights and Forever Homes: Reforms to Make Our Cities More Livable for Our Companion Animals and OurselvesSolana Joy PhillipsChapter 11 A Legal Critique of the Putative Educational Value of ZoosAlice CollinsonChapter 12 Our Costly Obsession: Animal Welfare, Plastic Pollution, and New Directions for ChangeMariah Rayfield BeckChapter 13 Why Anti-Cruelty Laws Are Not EnoughMatthew J. WebberPART III CASE STUDIESChapter 14 The European Union: Make Animal Law Work: The Direct Effect Principle in EU Law as an Instrument for Improving Animal WelfareLena HehemannChapter 15 US and New Zealand: Farmed Animals and the Rule of LawDanielle DuffieldChapter 16 Africa: Crimes against Nonhumanity? The Case of the African ElephantRuaidhri D. WilsonChapter 17 India: Whither Bovinity? Hindu Dharma, the Indian State, and Conflicting Moral Perspectives over Cow ProtectionKenneth ValpeyChapter 18 United Kingdom and Ireland: Animal Law ComparedMaureen O'SullivanStephanie O'FlynnIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors