From “stray beasts” to “companions”: Historical trends in U.S. animal laws

Eun Young Song

From “stray beasts” to “companions”: Historical trends in U.S. animal laws

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In this article, I analyze the adoption of animal laws in the United States from 1698 to
2008. Tracing the dates of the enactment of animal-related laws shows a clear pattern of
the emergence and evolution of specific concepts of animal welfare and nonhuman rights.
This article reveals the influence of the emergence of international emphasis on
environmental sustainability and the enhanced rights of the natural world on the legal
status of animals: there is a thematic shift from liability for damage to economic property
to animal rights-based protection of nonhuman creatures throughout the twentieth
century. Second, the field of animal law has clearly changed over time as can be seen in
the framing of animals as "companions" and of "species-oriented" guidelines. To
delineate the characteristics of individual statues and acts, these changes in the US laws
are examined from the sociological institutional perspective

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The 104th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association
Number of pages	17
Publication status	Published - 10 Aug 2009
Event	The 104th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association - San Francisco, United States Duration: 7 Aug 2009 → 11 Aug 2009

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Conference	The 104th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	7/08/09 → 11/08/09

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Divided we stand: How contestation can facilitate institutionalization
Song, E. Y., 1 Jun 2020, In: Journal of Management Studies. 57, 4, p. 837-866 30 p.
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From “stray beasts” to “companions”: Historical trends in U.S. animal laws

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