BORA LASKIN LAW LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW Introduction to Animals and the Law LAW253H1S Lesli Bisgould 2009/10 Introduction to Animals and the Law LAW253H1S Lesli Bisgould 2009/10 Introduction to Animals and the Law, LAW253H1S, 2009/10 Casebook Readings Week 1 Rene Descartes, A Discourse on Method, Part V, Meditations and Principles in Writings , (J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1975), pp. 33-47 Peter Singer, Animal Liberation (Avon Books Inc., 1975) pp. 198-212 Voltaire, Dictionnaire Philosophique (1769), (Gamier Freres, 1961), “Betes” p. 51 Jeremy Bentham, “Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation” in The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Vol. 1 (Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1843) pp. 142-143 Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (2nd ed., Clowes and Sons, 1874), pp. 124-126 R. I. M. Dunbar, What’s in a Classification? in “The Great Ape Project”, (St. Martin’s Press, 1993), pp. 109-112 Week 2 E.P. Evans, The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals - The Lost History of Europe’s Animal Trials (Faber and Faber Limited, 1988), Chapter 1 Week 3 5&6 Will. IV c. 59 (1835), ss. 1 and 3 Cranks haw ’s Criminal Code of Canada , ss. 444-447 Criminal Code of Canada , R.S.C. c.C-34, ss.444 - 447.1 Gary L. Francione, Animals, Property and the Law (Temple U. Press, 1995), Chapter 2 John Sorenson, “ ‘Some Strange Things Happening in Our Country’: Opposing Proposed Changes in Anti-Cruelty Laws in Canada” (2003) 12:3 Social & Legal Studies 378 Week 4 R. v. Menard (1978), 43 C.C.C. (2d) 458 (Q.C.A.) R. v. Power (2003), 176 C.C.C. (3d) 209 (Ont.C.A) Ferguson v. Birchmount Boarding Kennels Ltd. (2006), 79 O.R. (3d) 681 (Div. Ct.) Week 6 Marjorie Spiegel, The Dreaded Comparison - Human and Animals Slavery (2nd ed.) (Mirror Books, 1988), pp. 15-30 and 37-41 2 Baily v. Poindexter’s Ex’r, (1858) 14 Gratt. 132 (Va. C.A.) Manesha Deckha, “The Salience of Species Difference for Feminist Theory” (2006) 17: 1 Hastings Women’s L.J. 1 John Livingstone, “Rightness or Rights?”, (1984) 22:2 Osgoode Hall L.J. 309 Week 7 Charlotte Montgomery, “Agriculture: Keeping Humans Fed” in Blood Relations: Animals, Humans and Politics (Between the Lines, 2000), Chapter 4 Fordv. Wiley (1889) 23 Q.B. 203 R v. Pacific Meat Company Limited (1957) 27 C. R. 128 (B.C.Co.Ct.) Week 8 Vaughan Black, “Rights Gone Wild” (2005) 54 U.N.B. L.J. 3 Week 9 Charlotte Montgomery, “Research: Keeping Humans Alive” in Blood Relations: Animals, Humans and Politics (Between the Lines, 2000), Chapter 3 CCAC: “Responsibility for the Care and Use of Experimental Animals”, CCAC, Guide Vol. 1 (2nd Ed.) 1993, Chapter I “Control of Animal Pain in Research, Teaching and Testing”, CCAC, Guide Vol. 1 (2nd Ed.) 1993, Chapter X “Categories of Invasiveness in Animal Experiments (1991)”, CCAC Week 10 - - Harvard College v. Canada (Commissioner of Patents) 2002 SCC 76 Wendy A. Adams, “The Myth of Ethical Neutrality” (2003) 39 Can. Bus. L.J. 181 Abraham Drassinower, “Property, Patents and Ethics: A Comment on Wendy Adams’ “The Myth of Ethical Neutrality” (2003) Can. Bus. L.J. 213 Week 11 Lee Hall and Anthony Waters, “From Property to Person: The Case of Evelyn Hart” (2000) 1 1 Seton Hall Const. L.J. 1 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/introductiontoan00bisg_1