Animals and the Law

Quick Info
(2370.03)  Course
Instructor(s)
Professor A. Boisselle
Fall
3 credit(s)  3 hour(s);
Presentation
Discussion, lectures
Upper Year Research & Writing Requirement
No
Praxicum
No

This course analyzes the legal treatment of nonhuman animals, interrogating the limits of
the prevailing property concept that treats them as objects when they are also sentient
subjects with some legal rights. Topics explored include emerging alternatives to the
persons vs property debate; federal anti-cruelty protections and provincial welfare
legislation in Canada; and Indigenous laws and perspectives on nonhuman animals.