With its intricate layers of international, federal, and state protections, environmental law is more established than animal law. In his new book, What Can Animal Law Learn From Environmental Law?, Professor Randall S. Abate of Florida A&M University College of Law has assembled an experienced team of more than 20 academics, advocates, and legal professionals from the environmental and animal law fields to examine the experiences of these two fields. Drawing on lessons from history, politics, and law, the 17-chapter book examines how environmental law's successes and shortcomings can inform animal law, and how the two fields can work together to secure mutual gains in the future. This presentation will address some of the key topics of the book's coverage, including standing, food law, Read more →