Why Trying to Obtain Fundamental Common Law Rights is Good for Nonhuman Animals and How it Can Be Accomplished
December 15th, 200614th Annual Animal Law Conference
Why Trying to Obtain Fundamental Common Law Rights is Good for Nonhuman Animals and How it Can Be Accomplished
Steven M. Wise, Esq., October 14, 2006
Speaker Biographies
Lewis & Clark Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) and National Center for Animal Law (NCAL) hosted the 14th Annual Animal Law Conference Market Revolution: Recognizing Animals’ Intrinsic Values.
Steve Wise is an accomplished scholar, professor, attorney, and leader in the field of animal law. Steve has been a fabulous supporter of animal law at Lewis & Clark Law School for many years. Steve responds, in part, to some of the statements made by Jonathan Lovvorn at the keynote address last year regarding different methods, strategies, and priorities in the struggle to further protections for animals. Steve shares with us why trying to obtain fundamental common law rights is good for nonhuman animals and how it can be accomplished. Steve is introduced by Laura Ireland Moore, the Executive Director of the National Center for Animal Law.
The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 14, 2006.
