Steven Wise Tribute, Part I
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https://doi.org/10.36151/DALPS.035Keywords:
Nonhuman animals, Animal legal rights, personhood, chimpanzees, elephants, Nonhuman Rights ProjectAbstract
Steven M. Wise lived an extraordinary life. A lawyer, litigator, scholar and teacher, he developed the first litigation approach to establishing personhood for nonhuman animals. This article traces his early years, his character, and the traits that enabled him to build the legal case for animal personhood.
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