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Public Affairs Discussion Group
"Animal Rights"
Febraury 10, 2006
Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Kathy Hessler, J.D., LL.M.
Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University
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Dear Colleagues:
The Public Affairs Lunch discussion on Friday, February
10, will consider the concept of “animal rights.”
Beliefs about how humans should relate to animals are
either explicit or implicit in all religions. The idea
of “animal rights” today is an ethical and religious
viewpoint that has become a social movement with
interest groups and activists. Adopting a language of
“rights” immediately makes the subject one of law and
its limits. Much of the goal of the movement is to
translate its preferences into law, either by
legislation or adjudication. So Kathy Hessler, Associate
Professor of Law, will lead a discussion on The Law and
“Animal Rights.”
Professor Hessler received her J.D. from the College of
William and Mary and an LL.M. from Georgetown University
Law Center. Before coming to Case in 2000, she also
taught at Capital University Law School, the University
of Dayton, Georgetown, and Cornell. At Case she has
taught clinics in family law, civil law, and community
development, and since Fall of 2002 a seminar on animal
law. Her work locates animal law within the broader
trend of social reform activism and debates about
rights.
We’ll meet in the Toepfer Room of Adelbert Hall from
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.. Cookies and beverages are kindly
provided by the Office of University Communications.
Come with questions!
Best,
Joseph White, Ph.D.
Luxenberg Family Professor and Chair
Department of Political Science
Director, Center for Policy Studies
Case Western Reserve University
Mather House 111
11201 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland OH 44106-7109
(216) 368-2426
joseph.white@case.edu
More About Our Guest
A former staff attorney at Legal Services of Northern
Virginia, Ms. Hessler had extensive teaching experience
(Cornell, University of Dayton, Georgetown, Capital
University) prior to joining our faculty in 2000. She
has published numerous articles on the suppression of
free speech. She teaches in the Civil Clinic, the Animal
Law Seminar, and in the CaseArc Program.
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Spring Semester
Schedule
January 27: Iraq and Vietnam: Some
Questions. Joe White will
try to provoke discussion in
response to Professor George Herring’s talk on January
24, and in anticipation of the programs on January 30,
February 1, and February 2.
February 3: Medical Markets and Health Savings Accounts.
J.B. Silvers, Treuhaft Professor of Health Systems
Management, will discuss the new thing that could have a
big effect on health insurance – and it’s not the
Medicare drug plans.
February 10: The Law and “Animal Rights.” Katherine M.
Hessler, Professor of Law.
February 17: Seeds of Democracy in China? Developments
in Local Government. Forrest Qingshan Tan, Professor of
Political Science, Cleveland State University.
February 24: Discussion of the History of Case Western
Reserve University. Dick Baznik, Director of Case’s
Institute for the Study of the University in Society. In
the Guilford Lounge.
March 3: Turkey: Informal Observations on Education,
Society, Politics, and the Price of Yakut. John
Grabowski, Krieger-Mueller Associate Professor of
Applied History and Director of Research, Western
Reserve Historical Society.
March 10: Bird Flu. Thomas M. Daniel, Professor Emeritus
of Medicine.
March 17: Break Week
March 24: Robots and Emotions. Wyatt Newman, Professor
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
March 31: Sticks, Stones, and Domain Names: The Policy
Stakes in Who Controls Internet Addresses. Jacqueline
Lipton, Associate Professor of Law and Associate
Director, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center.
April 7: The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Disposal
Controversy. Joe H. Payer, Professor of Materials
Science & Engineering and Director, Department of Energy
Corrosion and Materials Performance Cooperative.
April 14: How Environmental Regulations Fragment
Gasoline Markets. Andy Morriss, Galen J. Roush Professor
of Business Law and Regulation.
April 21: Downsizing and Disability. Mark Votruba,
Assistant Professor of Economics.
April 28: Lawn-O-Rama: Coming to Terms With an American
Obsession. Ted Steinberg, Professor of History and
Law.
Parking: For
those people who seek to make special arrangements about
parking, the contact person now will be Fay Alexander.
Her phone number is 368-4440, and her e-mail is
fabrienne.alexander@case.edu.
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