The Struggle of the Nonhuman Rights Project for the Legal Personhood of Nonhuman Animals
Channel: Cambridge Law Faculty
Date: 2018-04-10

Steven M. Wise is founder and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP). He has taught animal rights law at Harvard Law School, Vermont Law School, John Marshall Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, and Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and is the author of numerous books and articles. He has practiced animal protection law for 30 years throughout the US and his work on the legal personhood of chimpanzees and elephants has been featured in the New York Times, CNN, BBC, and The Guardian, among others, as well as in the HBO documentary movie Unlocking the Cage.

Steven gave this lecture at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, on 5 April 2018.

This talk was part of the “Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy” series. For more information on the talk series, visit: http://www.talkinganimals.co.uk.