Unleashing rights : law, meaning, and the animal rights movement / / Helena Silverstein
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| Autore: |
Silverstein Helena
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| Titolo: |
Unleashing rights : law, meaning, and the animal rights movement / / Helena Silverstein
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c1996 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 179/.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Animal rights |
| Animal rights movement | |
| Animal welfare - Law and legislation | |
| Natural law | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 1. Constituting Legal Meaning; 2. Expanding the Circle: The Evolution of Animal Rights; 3. The Political Deployment of Rights; 4. Rights Strategically Understood; 5. Animals in the Courtroom: The Direct Effects of Litigation; 6. Beyond the Courtroom: The Multiple Uses of Litigation; 7. Litigative Practice and the Constitution of Meaning; 8. Conclusion: Meaning and Identity; Appendix A: Notes on Data Gathering; Appendix B: Animal Advocacy Groups; Notes; References; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | How the animal rights movement has used the legal system and rights talk to advance social change |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Unleashing rights |
| ISBN: | 0-472-02281-4 |
| 9786612423369 | |
| 1-282-42336-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910957682703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Law, meaning, and violence.