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About animal rights law, cases and materials, handbooks online, statutes and regulations. An academic project of Professor Gary Francione and Adjunct Professor Anna E. Charlton.
http://www.animal-law.org

Status of legislation and how to lobby for laws. Action alerts, pending legislation, Congress scorecard and news. Washington DC, US.
http://www.saplonline.org

Links to books, resources and contacts for animal protection legislation at regional, national and international levels.
http://worldanimal.net/protect.html

Information of each treaty, including the full text, chart of signatures and ratifications, list of declarations and reservations, summary and explanatory report.
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/STEList.asp?MA=42&CM=7

Provides a database of animal welfare and animal rights from pending legislation through relevant case law digests. From the National Anti-Vivisection Society, Chicago.
http://www.animallaw.com/

Providing legal information, analysis, and guidance for the animal rights movement. Group's background, articles, and model statutes.
http://www.instituteforanimalrightslaw.org/

Review by Cass R. Sunstein of 'Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals' by Steven M. Wise, a book advocating legal personhood for animals.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/...20/reviews/000220.20sunstet.html

Dedicated to developing legal scholarship and advocacy skills on behalf of animals. Offers news and resources along with details of programs, awards, grants and their board of directors.
http://www.animallawintl.org

New Zealand Animal Rights group made up of lawyers and law students interested in furthering animal rights issues.
http://www.arlan.org.nz

Office of Michael Rotsten, attorney at law, specializing in animal rights cases. California.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/arlopage/

Planned repository of a full set of legal material relating to animals for all levels in the US, foreign national and international. Includes case law, policies, journals, publications and historical materials.
http://www.animallaw.info/

Student-run law review at Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon.
http://www.lclark.edu/org/animalaw/

Federal and state legislation currently in progress, scorecards for members of congress, how to lobby effectively and how to get involved. From the Humane Society of the United States. US.
http://www.hsus.org/ace/11587