Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 - 1/5/2007 7:21:14 PM Gary Professor Gary L. Francione Gary L. Francione is Distinguished Professor of Law and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University School of Law-Newark. He received his B.A. In philosophy from the University of Rochester, where he was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa O'Hearn Scholarship that allowed him to pursue graduate study in philosophy in Great Britain. He received his M.A. In philosophy and his J.D. From the University of Virginia. He was Articles Editor of the Virginia Law Review. After graduation, he clerked for Judge Albert Tate, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the United States Supreme Court. He was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City before joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984, where he was tenured in 1987. He joined the Rutgers faculty in 1989. Professor Francione has been teaching animal rights and the law for more than 20 years, and he was the first academic to teach animal rights theory in an American law school. He has lectured on the topic throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, including serving as a member of the Guest Faculty of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He has been a guest on numerous radio and television shows. He is well known throughout the animal protection movement for his criticism of animal welfare law and the property status of nonhuman animals, and for his abolitionist theory of animal rights. He is the author of numerous books and articles on animal rights theory and animals and the law, including Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? (2000) (foreword by Alan Watson), Animals, Property, and the Law (1995) (foreword by William M. Kunstler), Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement (1996), and Vivisection and Dissection in the Classroom: A Guide to Conscientious Objection (with Anna E. Charlton) (1992). His forthcoming book, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, and the Law, will be published by Columbia University Press in 2007. Professors Francione and his partner and colleague, Adjunct Professor Anna E. Charlton, started and operated the Rutgers Animal Rights Law Clinic/Center from 1990-2000, making Rutgers the first university in the United States to have animal rights law as part of the regular academic curriculum, and to award students academic credit not only for classroom work, but also for work on actual cases involving animal issues. Francione and Charlton represented without charge individual animal advocates, grassroots animal groups, and national and international animal organizations. Francione and Charlton currently teach a course on human rights and animal rights, and a seminar on animal rights theory and the law. Professor Francione also teaches courses on criminal law, criminal procedure, jurisprudence, and legal philosophy. Contact Information: Professor Gary L. FrancioneRutgers University School of Law123 Washington StreetNewark, New Jersey 07102 gfrancione Topics: THEORY OF ANIMAL RIGHTSProfessor Francione has developed a theory of animal rights that relies only on the sentience of nonhumans and that requires the abolition, and not merely the regulation, of animal exploitation. Professor Francione's theory, which is developed in Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? (Temple University Press, 2000), differs considerably from those proposed by others, most notably Peter Singer and Tom Regan. Click here (requires Flash) to learn more about Professor Francione's theory of animal rights. ANIMALS AS PROPERTYProfessor Francione argues that the property status of animals renders meaningless animal welfare laws that prohibit the infliction of "unnecessary" suffering and require the "humane" treatment of nonhumans. Professor Francione's book, Animals, Property, and the Law (Temple University Press, 1995), provided the first legal analysis of the property status of animals and was described by Tom Regan as a "work of unquestionable historic importance." Click here (requires Flash) to learn more about Professor Francione's theory of animals as property. ANIMAL RIGHTS vs. ANIMAL WELFAREProfessor Francione argues that there are profound theoretical and practical differences between animal rights and animal welfare. He is critical of what he calls "new welfarism," or the position that incremental improvements in animal welfare will lead to the abolition of animal exploitation. These views are contained in Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement (Temple University Press, 1996). Click here (requires Flash) to learn more about Professor Francione's views on the distinctions between animal rights and animal welfare. ANIMAL LAWProfessor Francione maintains that "animal law" ought to be concerned about the incremental abolition of the property status of nonhumans, and that the tendency of animal lawyers to focus on anticruelty cases, veterinary malpractice, pet custody, and pet trust cases is mistaken. Click here (requires Flash) to learn more about Professor Francione's views on animal law. LINKSProfessor Francione has many essays and interviews that may be found on the web. Click here for a few of the more recent ones. Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the DogClick for more information on this book Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights MovementClick for more information on this book Animals, Property, and the LawClick for more information on this book Vivisection and Dissection in the Classroom: A Guide to Conscientious ObjectionClick for more information on this book This site requires the lastest version of Macromedia's Flash 2006 Gary L. Francione. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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