Dara Lovitz

MUZZLING A MOVEMENT: The Effects of Anti-Terrorism Law, Money, and Politics on Animal Activism Dara Lovitz

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-172). Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Laws Fail Nonhuman Animals -- Commonwealth v. Esbenshade -- The Industries and the Animals They Use and Abuse -- The Laws that Fall Short of Truly Benefiting Nonhuman Animals -- Chapter 2. The Convergence of a Burgeoning Animal Liberation Movement and a Reactive Congress -- The Animal Liberation Movement Gains Momentum -- Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act, Animal Enterprise Protection Act, and the Money and Politic$ Behind Them -- The 1998 House Hearing: Acts of Eco-terrorism by Radical Environmental Organizations -- The Formation of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty -- The USA Patriot Act -- The 2004 Senate Hearing Animal Rights: Activism vs. Criminality -- Chapter 3. Government Surveillance and Prosecution of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty -- Investigation of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty -- The Government's Case Against SHAC: U. S. v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty -- The Unsuccessful Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit -- Chapter 4. The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act -- The 2005 Senate Hearing: Oversight on Eco-terrorism Specifically Examining the Earth Liberation Front ('ELF') and the Animal Liberation From ('ALF') -- The 2006 House Hearing: Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act; -- Money and Politic$ Behind the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act -- The Provisions of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act -- Chapter 5. The Constitutional Failures of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act -- Unconstitutional Abridgment of Speech -- Violation of the Right to Equal Protection -- Consequences of Federalizing Eco-terror Crimes -- Chapter 6. The Chilling Effect on Animal Advocacy -- The Terrorist Label -- Animal Activists Do Not Fit the Profile of Terrorists -- Influencing the Public's Perception: the Government and Media -- Muzzling a Movement -- Notes -- Appendix A. The Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992 -- Appendix B. The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act -- Appendix C. State Chart of Laws Protective of Animal Enterprises -- Selected Bibliography -- About The Author. Publisher Marketing: The Effects of AntiTerrorism Law Money and Politics on Animal Activism. . Contributor Bio:  Lovitz, Dara Dara Lovitz is an Adjunct Professor of Animal Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law and the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University. Ms. Lovitz served as special prosecutor in Commonwealth v. Esbenshade, the pivotal Pennsylvania case in which the Court determined the criminal liability of an egg factory owner and supervisor. Ms. Lovitz has written and lectured extensively on a variety of animal law topics, including eco-terror laws, most notably the 2007 Michigan State University law journal article, Animal Lovers and Tree Huggers are the New Cold-Blooded Criminals?: Examining the Flaws of Ecoterrorism Bills.