Carceral Logics

Human Incarceration and Animal Captivity

Lori Gruen, Justin Marceau

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781108843584
• eBook ISBN: 9781108911955
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice
• Index: Law

Carceral logics permeate our thinking about humans and nonhumans. We imagine that greater punishment will reduce crime and make society safer. We hope that more convictions and policing for animal crimes will keep animals safe and elevate their social status. The dominant approach to human-animal relations is governed by an unjust imbalance of power that subordinates or ignores the interest nonhumans have in freedom. In this volume Lori Gruen and Justin Marceau invite experts to provide insights into the complicated intersection of issues that arise in thinking about animal law, violence, mass incarceration, and social change. Advocates for enhancing the legal status of animals could learn a great deal from the history and successes (and failures) of other social movements. Likewise, social change lawyers, as well as animal advocates, might learn lessons from each other about the interconnections of oppression as they work to achieve liberation for all. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I Carceral Thinking in Animal Protection: Justifications and Repudiations: Introduction
• Part II Animal Law in Context: The Limits of Carceral Strategies: Introduction
• Part III Implications of Carceral Spaces for Animals and for Humans: Introduction
• Part IV Challenging Captivity and Changing Carceral Thinking: Introduction
• Index