Animal Law and Dog Behavior
Animal Law and Dog Behavior by David Favre and Peter L. Borchelt, Ph.D. is the essential reference for attorneys handling animal legal issues — focusing on the species most troublesome to individuals and the legal system: dogs. This 388-page casebound volume covers the full legal matrix concerning animals, with case law primarily from 1960 to the present.
- Authors: David Favre, Peter L. Borchelt, Ph.D.
- ISBN-10: 0-913875-32-5
- ISBN-13: 978-0-913875-32-2
- Copyright: September 14, 1999
- Pages: 388
- Binding: Casebound
- Size: 6 x 9 inches
Topics Include:
- Ownership of animals — title, rights, damages, bailment, landlord/tenant, and condominiums
- The dog bite problem — strict liability, negligence, and statutory liability
- Liabilities of owner, keeper, landlord, local government, and prior owners
- Defenses for owners
- State and local government animal regulation — dangerous dogs, police power, and zoning
- Veterinarian malpractice — standard of care, proximate cause, and defenses
- Anti-cruelty law development in the 19th century
- Animal behavior and the law — introduction and ethology
- Ethology and epidemiology of canine aggression
- Pack behavior and attacks by groups of dogs
- Evaluation of fatal dog bites — medical examiner and animal behaviorist perspectives
- Behavioral discovery guidelines in dog-related injury cases
- Issues about animal behavior related to dog bite statutes
