ARTICLES

An introduction to the premiere issue of Animal Law.

FROM MICROBE TO MAN
by U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield

Federal policy toward animal patenting and current issues in bioethics.

ANIMAL RIGHTS CAUSE GAINS CREDIBILITY
by Al Johnson

Comparison of John Stuart Mill's social movement theory to the animal rights movement.

HOW NONHUMAN ANIMALS WERE TRAPPED IN A NONEXISTENT UNIVERSE
by Steven M. Wise

The development of the common law as it concerns the relationships between human and nonhuman animals.

THE FOREST SERVICE'S BAIT AND SWITCH: A CASE STUDY ON BEAR BAITING AND THE SERVICE'S STRUGGLE TO ADOPT A REASONED POLICY ON A CONTROVERSIAL HUNTING PRACTICE WITHIN THE NATIONAL FORESTS
by Eric Glitzenstein and John Fritschiet

The USFS's reluctant and haphazard attempts to develop a national policy on bear baiting and the resulting legal challenges.

CONTRADICTIONS WILL OUT: ANIMAL RIGHTS V. ANIMAL SACRIFICE IN THE SUPREME COURT
by Henry Mark Holzer

A critique of the Supreme Court's controversial Lukumi case which upheld religious sacrifice of animals.

THE PET THEFT ACT: CONGRESSIONAL INTENT PLOWED UNDER BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
by Nancy Goldberg Wilks

In promulgating regulations under the Pet Theft Act, the USDA erred in interpreting the law, and misapplied basic rules of statutory construction.

HONORABLE DISCHARGE : PAWS V. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
by Andrea Vitalich

Case analysis and argument that the Washington district court's NEPA analysis could lead to heightened protection for animals.

FEDERAL ANIMAL PROTECTION STATUTES
by Henry Cohen

Brief summaries of federal animal protection statutes.