The bureaucracy of empathy : law, vivisection, and animal pain in late nineteenth-century Britain /

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"This book examines the implementation of the British Cruelty to Animals Act (1876) in its first three decades and analyzes how civil servants and scientists understood and co-constructed conceptions of animal pain"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shmuely, Shira, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Series:Corpus juris (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Cruelty to Animals Act of 1876.
1800-1899
Animal welfare > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Animal welfare > Law and legislation > Great Britain.
SCIENCE / History.
Animal welfare
Animal welfare > Law and legislation
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The legal and scientific landscapes of the Act
  • The right forms for the job : anesthesia, brain research, and Certificate E
  • The prick of a needle : the challenges of inoculation
  • Regulating pain in laboratories : the inspectorate
  • Libel, slander, and vivisection
  • Conclusion: The Act in the 20th century
  • Postscript: "Can they suffer?"
  • Appendix I: British cruelty to animals legislation and case law, nineteenth century
  • Appendix II: An Act to Amend the Law Relating to Cruelty to Animals, 1876.

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