Animals in China

Law and Society
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-40801-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3943 g

Reihe: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series

Just as China is called the world factory for manufactured goods, it is also a world factory for manufactured animal cruelty in a new phenomenon of globalized animal cruelty. Animals in China examines animal protection in China in its legal, social and cultural contexts.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cao, Deborah

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Bioethik, Tierethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. When Animals and Humans Meet in the Middle Kingdom: Introduction
2. Happy Fish and Royal Workers: Animals in Traditional Philosophy and Law
3. Pandamonium: Wildlife Law
4. Crouching Tiger Bones, Hidden Elephant Tusks: Wildlife Crimes
5. The F-word of Cats and Dogs: Food or Friends
6. Caged Monkey Kings, Naked Foxes and Screaming Bunnies: Working Animals
7. Chinese Animal Lib: An Emerging Social Movement
8. Last Words…
Appendix 1: Legal Provisions Quoted in Original Chinese
Appendix 2: List of Statutes in Chinese and English
Appendix 3: List of Laboratory Primate Quotas
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Deborah Cao is a professor at Griffith University, Australia. She is a scholar of animal law, legal language, legal translation and Chinese law and legal culture. She is also active in social media in China and writes about Chinese culture, society and animals, and was named one of the 200 most influential bloggers in China in 2012.