Steven Wise Tribute, Part II

First Steps on the Path Forward

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https://doi.org/10.36151/DALPS.036

Keywords:

Personhood, standing, legal rights, chimpanzees’ interests, judicial barriers

Abstract

Steve Wise set the intellectual grounds for his future efforts with the NhRP beginning in 1987 with the drafting of a law review article on chimpanzees. The many questions that arose and were answered in that process set the initial path for creating change within the legal system for chimpanzees. Within a decade the compass in his mind had found the direction of true north that propels him on his path forward in the law.

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Author Biography

David Favre, Michigan State University College of Law

David Favre has been a professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law for over forty-four years, serving as Dean of the College for five years, and teaching in the area of Property Law, Animal Law, and International Environmental Law. Professor Favre has written a number of articles and books dealing with animal issues including such topics as animal cruelty, wildlife law, animal rights, ethics of animal use, and international control of animal trade. His books include the casebook Animal Law: Welfare, Interest, and Rights (3nd ed. 2020), the ethics book Respecting Animals (2018), a legal roadmap, The Future of Animal Law (2021). He introduced the concept of “Living Property” though a number of law review articles. He has organized international conferences on animal law and has presented to international audiences.  He created and is editor-in-chief of the largest animal legal web resource in the world, www.animallaw.info. Finally, Professor Favre was a founding Board member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund for 22 years, finishing as president of the organization for the last two years. 

References

FAVRE, D. Animal Law, Welfare, Interest, and Rights (3rd ed.), Wolters Kluwer (2020) Ch 10, pp.379 – 432.

FOUTS, R. & MILLS, S. Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me about Who We Are, Morrow, William & Co., Inc. (1997).

GOODALL, J. Chimpanzees of Gombe, Patterns of Behavior, Harvard Univ. (1986). Also see the works of Debbi Fouts who worked with the chimpanzee named Washoe, showing her amazing capacity to communicate with humans.

GOODALL, J. & WISE, S.M. Why Chimpanzees are Entitled to Fundamental Legal Rights, Joint Presentation to Senior Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association, August 2, 1996, reprinted in Animal Law 3 (1997) 61.

PATTERSON, F. The Education of Koko, Holt Rinehart & Winston (1981).

POUND, R. Jurisprudence, West Law vol. 3, ch. 14 (1959).

TISCHLER, J. A Brief History of Animal Law Part I (1972-1987), Stan. J. Animal L.& Pol’y 1 (2008) 21, 23.

WISE, S.M. The Legal Thinghood of Nonhuman Animals, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 23/2 (1996) 471. WISE, S.M. Hardly a Revolution - The Eligibility of Nonhuman Animals for Dignity-Rights in a Liberal Democracy, Vermont Law Review 22 (1998) 793.

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Published

2024-06-19

How to Cite

Favre, D. (2024). Steven Wise Tribute, Part II : First Steps on the Path Forward. DALPS (Derecho Animal-Animal Legal and Policy Studies), 2, 624–630. https://doi.org/10.36151/DALPS.036

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Vol. 2 (2024)

Section

In Memoriam

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