Trying Leviathan
Subtitle: the nineteenth-century New York court case that put the whale on trial and challenged the order of nature
By: D. Graham Burnett.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691129501
Subjects: Maurice, James, -- fl. 1818 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Judd, Samuel, -- fl. 1818 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Whales -- Classification; Animal rights -- New York (State) -- New York; Speciesism
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Common sense; title: The philosophical whale; title: Naturalists in the crow's nest; title: Men of affairs; title: The jury steps out; title: Conclusion.