45. Evans, E.P.
The Criminal
Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals.
New York:
E.P. Dutton, 1906
x,
384pp. Reprinted 1998
LCCN 98-12801.
ISBN 1-886363-52-8
Cloth. $75.
* This
pioneering work in English brings together an amazing assemblage
of court cases in which animals have been named as defendants—chickens,
rats, field mice, bees, gnats, and (in 34 recorded instances)
pigs, among others—providing insight into such modern issues
as animal rights, capital punishment, and social and criminal
theory. Evans suggests an intriguing distinction between trials
of specific animals or particular crimes (the “murder” of an
infant by a pig, for example) and trials of animals for larger,
catastrophic events such as plagues and infestations. In the
latter case, Evans suggests a parallel to witchcraft.
46.
Ingham, John H.
The
Law of Animals.
A
Treatise on Property in Animals Wild and Domestic and the
Rights
and Responsibilities Arising Therefrom.
Philadephia:
T. & J.W. Johnson & Co., 1900
xiii, 800
pp. Reprint available 2003
LCCN 2002044352.
ISBN 1-58477-324-3
Cloth. $125.
* According
to the author, this was the first treatise devoted to the subject
of animal law. It discusses the rights and liabilities of animal
owners, cruelty to animals, game laws and injuries inflicted
by railroads. Other chapters consider animals in relation to
the law of property and the law of bailments. Annotated. The
thorough index includes words and phrases utilized in animal
law cases.
