Trying Leviathan : The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature /

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In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, ""Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me."" Few readers today know just how much argument Ishmael is waiving aside. In fact, Melville's antihero...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Burnett, D. Graham
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wal > 1949-
Maurice, James, > active 1818.
Judd, Samuel, > 1780-1847.
Maurice, James, > active 1818 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Judd, Samuel, > active 1818 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Sampson, William, > 1764-1836. > Is a whale a fish?
Judd, Samuel, > 1780-1847 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Rättegångar > historia.
Zoologi > sociala aspekter > historia.
Valfångst > historia.
Valar > historia.
Processen (rechtspraak)
Controversen.
Taxonomie.
Walvissen.
Systematik
Wala > Volk
Walfang
Steuer
Prozess
Ordnung > Biologie
Natur
Fischöl
Whales.
Speciesism.
Animal rights.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Specisme.
Animaux > Droits > New York (État) > New York.
Baleines > Classification.
Animal rights > New York (State) > New York.
Whales > Classification.
Förenta staterna > New York.
New York > Staat
New York (State) > New York.
Comptes rendus de proces et d'arbitrage.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Classification.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Common sense
  • The philosophical whale
  • Naturalists in the crow's nest
  • Men of affairs
  • The jury steps out.

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