Animal Law: Resources

and Research

Jennifer S. Prilliman

Topics Covered

Getting Started: Research GuidesBasic Secondary SourcesCurrent Awareness ToolsOklahoma

Searching CasesSearching StatutesLegislative History of H.R. 2827

Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty Resources

Research Guide

Basic Secondary Sources

Related Statutes

Uniform Laws/ Restatements

Commentaries

Cases

Digest

RESEARCH COMPLETE!

Law Reviews, Specific Treatises

http://www.law.suffolk.edu/library/research/a-z/resguides/animal.cfm

http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/animallaw.cfm

Coming Soon….

OCU Law Research Guide for Animal Law– Spring or

Summer 2011– Library

“Research Guides and Pathfinders Page”

• Animal Health• Agricultural Laws &

Legislation • Animal Experimentation • Animal Behavior• Animal Control• Animal Industry• Animal Rescue • Animal Rights• Animal Rights Movements• Animal Welfare• Animal Sacrifice• Animals, Treatment of• Animals-Law & Legislation• Animal Fighting• Domestic Animals

• Domestic Animals-Law & Legislation

• Agistment• Endangered Species • Endangered Species--Law &

Legislation• Human-Animal

Relationships • Hunting Laws• Livestock• Slaughtering and Slaughter

Houses• Veterinarians• Wild Animal Trade • Wildlife Conservation • Wildlife Conservation-Law &

Legislation

Encyclopedias

AMJUR 2nd•Animals– Available on Westlaw , LexisNexis, and Print

CJS• Animals– Available on Westlaw and Lexis

Animals and the Law: A Sourcebook Jordan CurnuttKF390.5.A5 C87 2001

Animals, Property, and The LawGary L. FrancioneKF3841 .F73 1995

Animal Law: Cases and Materials Sonia Waisman et. al.KF390.5.A5 W35 2002

ANIMAL LAW IN A NUTSHELL

– Pamela Frasch, Kathy Hessler, Sarah Kutil, Sonia Weisman

– Expected December 2010– Order from Thomson West– $35.00

• Northwestern School of Law and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (1995)• HeinOnline

ANIMAL LAW

• Michigan State University College of Law (2005)• HeinOnline

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL LAW

•Stanford Law School•Westlaw

STANFORD JOURNAL OF ANIMAL LAW AND POLICY

• University of Pennsylvania Law School (2006)• HeinOnline, LexisNexis, and Print (2006-2009)

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL LAW AND ETHICS

• Critical Animal Studies Institute• Online journal

Journal of Critical Animal Studies (2003)

MODEL LAWS

…the Animal Law Program collaborates with students, faculty, and school administrations to

facilitate the development of animal law courses and assists students in forming Student Animal

Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) chapters….The Animal Law Program also assists bar

association members interested in forming animal law bar sections or committees and partners with

pro bono coordinators interested in developing animal law volunteer opportunities at their firms.

Animal Law News Blogs and Feeds

Oklahoma Animal Law

Blog, Newsletter, Journal?

Maybe an OCU Animal Law Society Legal Blawg?

Animal Law Bloghttp://animallawonline.blogspot.com/

Animal Blawghttp://animalblawg.wordpress.com/

Congressional Research Service Report for Congress and Committees

• http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/08Jun/94-731.pdfSummary of

Federal Animal Protection statutes

Oklahoma Statutes and Cases

• Oklahoma Dog Laws– Title 4 §§ 41-47

• Animal Protection– Title 21 §§ 1680-1700

• Animal Facilities Protection Act• Animal Abuse • Cruelty to Animals• Cockfighting and Dogfighting

– Title 22 §60.2• Protective Orders for Domestic

Abuse victims

• Title 29 Game and Fish• Trust for Care of Designated Pet

or Animal – Title 60 § 199

OSCNFree public access to

statutes, session laws, and OK

Decisions

FastCaseFree to OKCU

Students OK Bar Members

OSCN.net

Use Terms and connectors for more accurate results

Search one or two databases at a time

Use Citationizer and Table of authorities

Find Session Laws from Statute

HB 2827 Legislative History

• http://www.lsb.state.ok.us• http://

webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/WebBillStatus/main.htm

Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty

• Robbins, Jennifer. Recognizing the Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse: Recommendations for Change to the Texas Legislature. 16 TEX. J. WOMEN & L. 129 (2006).– Student Note– Citation to relevant Psychology and Legal texts – Relevance to Oklahoma statute

• Schaffner, Joan E., Linking Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Animal Cruelty. ABA-TIPS Animal Law Committee Newsletter, Fall 2006; GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 307; GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 307. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1001255

• Caroline Forell. Using a ‘Jury of Her Peers’ to Teach about the Connection Between Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse. 15 Animal L. 53 (2008-2009).

SSRN, EBSCOHost, JSTOR

• Interdisciplinary Search• Subject Headings and Indexes• Social Science Research Network (SSRN)– Upcoming works

• Jstor an Ebsco– Available through OCU Law Library and Dulaney

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