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One of the sharpest attorneys in Charleston, S.C., Sally Baynard isn't your typical southern belle. She's certainly not what her mother hoped she'd grow up to be, especially since she divorced her husband, Family Court Judge Joe Baynard, and his historic family with their historic wealth and historic houses. Maybe Sally was never going to be a proper society lady, but her success as a public defender and family lawyer have been enough for her. She's represented murderers, burglars, drug dealers and lately has taken on some of the thorniest divorces, all cases closed with her Sally Bright Baynard wit, charm and brains. Or have they? One case she's never successfully closed is her marriage. And when Judge Joe assigns her to one of his divorce cases by appointing her as the Lawyer for the Dog -- Sherman, a miniature schnauzer-- she's forced into close quarters with him again. Juggling the needs of the dog, the angry owners, her amorous but uncommunicative ex-husband, her aging, Alzheimer's-ridden mother, and the expectations of the court is more than Sally could have imagined. And as rascally Sherman digs his way into Sally's heart, he brings along his charming vet Tony, a man who makes Sally question her views on love and marriage.
A fascinating account of how the law determines or dismantles identity and personhood Abused dogs, prisoners tortured in Guantánamo and supermax facilities, or slaves killed by the state—all are deprived of personhood through legal acts. Such deprivations have recurred throughout history, and the law sustains these terrors and banishments even as it upholds the civil order. Examining such troubling cases, The Law Is a White Dog tackles key societal questions: How does the law construct our identities? How do its rules and sanctions make or unmake persons? And how do the supposedly rational claims of the law define marginal entities, both natural and supernatural, including ghosts, dogs, slaves, terrorist suspects, and felons? Reading the language, allusions, and symbols of legal discourse, and bridging distinctions between the human and nonhuman, Colin Dayan looks at how the law disfigures individuals and animals, and how slavery, punishment, and torture create unforeseen effects in our daily lives. Moving seamlessly across genres and disciplines, Dayan considers legal practices and spiritual beliefs from medieval England, the North American colonies, and the Caribbean that have survived in our legal discourse, and she explores the civil deaths of felons and slaves through lawful repression. Tracing the legacy of slavery in the United States in the structures of the contemporary American prison system and in the administrative detention of ghostly supermax facilities, she also demonstrates how contemporary jurisprudence regarding cruel and unusual punishment prepared the way for abuses in Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo. Using conventional historical and legal sources to answer unconventional questions, The Law Is a White Dog illuminates stark truths about civil society's ability to marginalize, exclude, and dehumanize.
Dogs may be man's best friend, but they can also provoke legal trouble. Poodle-owner Favre (Detroit School of Law, Michigan State U.) and animal behaviorist Borchelt canvass animal legal issues primarily for lawyers but also for other interested parties. Focusing mainly on cases from 1960 to the present, they discuss: classifying animals as wild or domestic, animal ownership rights, the development of anti-cruelty laws, harm caused by animals (and why canids bite), state and local regulation, veterinarian malpractice, and issues in the investigation and evaluation of serious dog attacks. Includes a table of cases cited. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Today, many dogs are deemed dangerous, not on the traits of the individual animal, but by breed alone. The authors explain why breed discrimination is unfair, and ineffective, and discuss approaches to handle reckless owners and their dogs. While there is nothing wrong with laws restricting vicious dogs, to have a dog seized or destroyed solely on the basis of its breed flies in the face of common decency.
Being legal counselor-at-paw can be a very difficult job indeed! Sharing her tales of The life and travels of a law office dog is Pita the dog, as told through her lady, Joan Poulos. Pita's work is never done. Presiding over Joan's law office from her personal den, she has taken on the responsibility of vetting new clients (a smell will tell a dog a thousand words), greeting and security, and keeping up with the office staff. While away from her office duties, Pita's job consists of taking care of Joan, her lady, who adopted her as a puppy and saved her from possible death. It's a big job taking care of a lady--going on trips, going to Grange conventions, scaring away neighboring dogs, and sharing a kiss on the hand when needed--Pita takes her job seriously and does everything she can to make Joan's life wonderful.
This handbook draws together into one volume the large and diverse body of law relating to dogs and their activities.
Each issue includes section: Notes on recent Missouri cases.
"One of the sharpest attorneys in Charleston, S.C., Sally Baynard isn't your typical Southern belle ... especially since she divorced her husband, Family Court Judge Joe Baynard ... Maybe Sally was never going to be a proper society lady, but her success as a public defender and family lawyer have been enough for her ... One case she's never successfully closed is her marriage. And when Judge Joe assigns her to one of his divorce cases by appointing her as the Lawyer for the Dog ... she's forced into close quarters with him again. Juggling the needs of the dog, the angry owners, her ... ex-husband, her aging, Alzheimer's-ridden mother, and the expectations of the court is more than Sally could have imagined" --