Table of Contents

CONTENTS: Introduction 1. The Study of the Legal Status of Animals 2. The Animal Advocacy Movement and Litigation 3. Animal Law in Federal Court 4. Animal Law in State Court 5. Animal Advocacy Litigation’s Impact on Media Coverage Conclusion

About the Author

Steven C. Tauber is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida. He has published articles in the areas of judicial politics and the animal advocacy movement. He is also co-author of American Government in Black and White, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2013).

Reviews

"This book presents the first empirical examination of interest group litigation about animal welfare and rights. It is unique in its research design, empirically rigorous, and shows how animal advocacy groups exercise their interests within the larger context of American government."Richard Brisbin, West Virginia UniversityBy using quantitative and qualitative data to explore how politics sits at the intersection between animal law and animal advocacy, Navigating the Jungle is an important and unique resource for litigators and advocates and has insights relevant to any social movement.Natalie K. Prosin, Nonhuman Rights ProjectIn NAVIGATING THE JUNGLE: LAW, POLITICS, AND THE ANIMAL ADVOCACY MOVEMENT, political scientist Steven C. Tauber makes an outstanding contribution to our understanding of social movement litigation... [T]his is an important work on an understudied subject. I am particularly impressed by the compelling use of vignettes to open most of the chapters that serve to draw the reader in and demonstrate the significance of the subject matter. Moreover, the use of mixed-methods is impressive and makes the book accessible to a wide range of scholars. I believe this book is a significant addition to the literature on animal law, social movement litigation, and judicial decision making. Further, it is appropriate for use in undergraduate, graduate, and law school courses on all of these topics.Paul M. Collins, Jr., University of Massachusetts Amherst, in the Law and Politics Book Review