Animal Law:
Resources
and
Research
Jennifer S.
Prilliman
Topics Covered
Getting Started: Research Guides
Basic Secondary Sources
Current Awareness Tools
Oklahoma
Searching Cases
Searching Statutes
Legislative History of H.R. 2827
Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty Resources
Basic
Secondary
Sources
Research
Guide
Related Statutes
Uniform
Laws/
Restatements
Cases
Digest
Commentaries
Law Reviews, Specific
Treatises
RESEARCH
COMPLETE!
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uides/animallaw.cfm
Coming Soon….
OCU Law
Research Guide
for Animal Law
– Spring or
Summer 2011
– Library
“Research
Guides and
Pathfinders
Page”
• Animal Health
• Agricultural Laws &
Legislation
• Animal Experimentation
• Animal Behavior
• Animal Control
• Animal Industry
• Animal Rescue
• Animal Rights
• Animal Rights Movements
• Animal Welfare
• Animal Sacrifice
• Animals, Treatment of
• Animals-Law & Legislation
• Animal Fighting
• Domestic Animals
• Domestic Animals-Law &
Legislation
• Agistment
• Endangered Species
• Endangered Species--Law &
Legislation
• Human-Animal
Relationships
• Hunting Laws
• Livestock
• Slaughtering and Slaughter
Houses
• Veterinarians
• Wild Animal Trade
• Wildlife Conservation
• Wildlife Conservation-Law &
Legislation
Encyclopedias
AMJUR 2nd
• Animals
– Available on Westlaw , LexisNexis, and Print
CJS
• Animals
– Available on Westlaw and Lexis
Animals and the Law: A Sourcebook
Jordan Curnutt
KF390.5.A5 C87 2001
Animals, Property, and The Law
Gary L. Francione
KF3841 .F73 1995
Animal Law: Cases and Materials
Sonia Waisman et. al.
KF390.5.A5 W35 2002
ANIMAL LAW IN A NUTSHELL
– Pamela Frasch, Kathy Hessler, Sarah Kutil,
Sonia Weisman
– Expected December 2010
– Order from Thomson West
– $35.00
ANIMAL LAW
• Northwestern School of Law and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (1995)
• HeinOnline
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL LAW
• Michigan State University College of Law (2005)
• HeinOnline
STANFORD JOURNAL OF ANIMAL LAW AND POLICY
•Stanford Law School
•Westlaw
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL LAW AND ETHICS
• University of Pennsylvania Law School (2006)
• HeinOnline, LexisNexis, and Print (2006-2009)
Journal of Critical Animal Studies (2003)
• Critical Animal Studies Institute
• Online journal
MODEL LAWS
…the Animal Law Program collaborates with
students, faculty, and school administrations to
facilitate the development of animal law courses
and assists students in forming Student Animal
Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) chapters….
The Animal Law Program also assists bar
association members interested in forming animal
law bar sections or committees and partners with
pro bono coordinators interested in developing
animal law volunteer opportunities at their firms.
Animal Law
News Blogs and
Feeds
Animal Law Blog
http://animallawonline.
blogspot.com/
Animal Blawg
http://animalblawg.wor
dpress.com/
Oklahoma
Animal Law
Blog,
Newsletter,
Journal?
Maybe an OCU Animal
Law Society Legal Blawg?
Congressional Research
Service Report for
Congress and Committees
Summary of
Federal
Animal
Protection
statutes
• http://www.ncseonline.org
/NLE/CRSreports/08Jun/94
-731.pdf
• Oklahoma Dog Laws
Oklahoma Statutes
– Title 4 §§ 41-47
and Cases
• Animal Protection
– Title 21 §§ 1680-1700
OSCN
Free public access to
statutes, session
laws, and OK
Decisions
FastCase
Free to OKCU
Students OK Bar
Members
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•
•
Animal Facilities Protection Act
Animal Abuse
Cruelty to Animals
Cockfighting and Dogfighting
– Title 22 §60.2
• Protective Orders for Domestic
Abuse victims
• Title 29 Game and Fish
• Trust for Care of Designated
Pet or Animal
– Title 60 § 199
OSCN.net
Use Terms and connectors
for more accurate results
Search one or two
databases at a time
Use Citationizer and Table
of authorities
Find Session Laws from
Statute
HB 2827 Legislative History
• http://www.lsb.state.ok.us
• http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/WebBillStat
us/main.htm
Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty
• Robbins, Jennifer. Recognizing the Relationship Between Domestic Violence
and Animal Abuse: Recommendations for Change to the Texas Legislature.
16 TEX. J. WOMEN & L. 129 (2006).
– Student Note
– Citation to relevant Psychology and Legal texts
– Relevance to Oklahoma statute
• Schaffner, Joan E., Linking Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Animal
Cruelty. ABA-TIPS Animal Law Committee Newsletter, Fall 2006; GWU
Legal Studies Research Paper No. 307; GWU Law School Public Law
Research Paper No. 307. Available at SSRN:
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1001255
• Caroline Forell. Using a ‘Jury of Her Peers’ to Teach about the Connection
Between Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse. 15 Animal L. 53 (20082009).
SSRN, EBSCOHost, JSTOR
• Interdisciplinary Search
• Subject Headings and Indexes
• Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
– Upcoming works
• Jstor an Ebsco
– Available through OCU Law Library and Dulaney
Browne
Stop by
anytime