Research Guides: Animal Law: West Virginia Legal Research: Home

This guide is an overview of legal research sources useful for animal law-related practice in the state of West Virginia. The guide includes select West Virginia state and federal primary legal sources, secondary legal sources, free web sources such as animal law organizations and research guides, and current awareness materials.

Navigate using the tabs on the left side of the page to locate animal law research sources by content type. Below are select handbooks on animal law. The general public can access a number of this guide's sources via free web links provided. Please contact library staff for access information about sources not available via free web links.

Litigating Animal Law Disputes by Joan E. Schaffner
Call Number: Law Library KF390.5.A5 L58
ISBN: 9781604420012
Publication Date: 2009-06-16
More and more lawyers are addressing animal law issues in their regular caseload. This resource covers major aspects of private civil and criminal litigation of animal law disputes. It also includes sample litigation documents, discovery materials, and expert information.
Animal Law by David S. Favre
Call Number: Law Library KF390.5.A5 F38
ISBN: 9781454802662
Publication Date: 2011-05-16
In Animal Law: Welfare, Interest, and Rights, author David Favre uses problems, case studies, and doctrine as part of a thoughtful exploration of the history, law, and policy of animals rights.
An Introduction to Animals and the Law by Joan Schaffner
Call Number: Law Library K3620 .S335
ISBN: 9780230235632
Publication Date: 2010-11-03
This book explores newly emerging, diverse, and controversial area of animal law presents a basic survey of the laws designed to protect animals, analyzing and critiquing them, and proposing a future where the legal regime properly recognizes and protects the inherent worth of all animals.