AnimalLawIntl.org
Title
The International Institute for Animal Law
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- Advocates for social justice have long used the power of the law to advance their cause, and history clearly demonstrates that our legal system has been a powerful force in protecting those who would be denied their rights on the basis of race, gender, class, age, religion or physical disability.
- Animal advocates, viewing animal rights as the next logical step in the movement toward social justice for all, have in recent years begun to use the legal system to improve the treatment of nonhuman animals-so much so that an entirely new field of study has evolved: animal law.
- For those who believe that the constructive use of the legal system is the most effective way to bring about positive and long-term change for animals, the burgeoning field of animal law represents both opportunity and challenge. The opportunity lies in gaining for animals fair treatment under the law, including the right to be protected from institutionalized exploitation.
