Environmental Law and Sustainability

Animal Law in a Nutshell (Sonia S. Waisman et al., 2021)
An efficient introduction to issues concerning animal law, from the definition of which animals deserve protection to the elements of particular crimes and torts involving animals, along with contract issues, farms, animal research, hunting, and international agreements. Also available on  West Academic (login required).

Animals as Crime Victims (Lacey Levitt, David B. Rosengard, and Jessica Rubin, eds., 2024)
This work brings together expert contributors from various fields who argue for reconceptualizing animals as crime victims and examine the legal ramifications of doing so. Alongside a proposed legal framework, this book details modern scientific discoveries regarding the complexity of animals' cognition and emotions and the historical and contemporary sociological shifts in our relationships with animals. It is written for academics, students, and practitioners whose work focuses on animal maltreatment, animal law, or human-animal studies.

Animals in International Law (Anne Peters, 2021)
This book identifies and analyzes international laws and treaties addressing animals, as well as those regarding international trade and armed conflict in terms of their impacts on animals. The author proposes new legal strategies for protecting animals.

Is CITES Protecting Wildlife? (Tanya Wyatt, 2021)
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is meant to protect wildlife amid a massive biodiversity crisis in which more than a million species face extinction. This book details the operation and implementation of CITES and compliance with the convention. It provides suggestions for improving the law.

Ecological Vulnerability: The Law and Governance of Human-Wildlife Relationships (Katie Woolaston, 2022)
Human-wildlife conflict, commonly defined as any negative interaction between people and wildlife, is a primary contributor to wildlife extinction and a manifestation of the destructive relationship that people have with wildlife. This book presents a critical analysis of human-wildlife conflict and its governance, to guide lawyers, scientists and conservations alike in the transformation of the management of human-wildlife conflict.

Endangered Species Act: Law, Policy, and Perspectives (Donald C. Baur & Ya-Wei Li eds., 2021)
This anthology examines the ESA’s history and its present applications intended to help wildlife and plants at risk of extinction recover. It examines issues from the initial listing of species to the complex definition of crucial terminology such as “take,” which is restricted for listed species. It delves into the meaning of “recovery” and how to achieve it, as well as private incentives and private “citizen suits” to help enforce the Endangered Species Act.

The Future of Animal Law (David S. Favre, 2021)
This book focuses on the legal rights of animals in the future. It centers on dogs as companion animals that are the most likely vehicle for increased protections, with the ultimate goal of creating a legal framework that recognizes animals' feelings and needs. 

Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare (Andrew Knight et al. eds., 2023)
This handbook is essential reading for students and scholars of animal welfare, animal law and animal ethics everywhere, and for policy-makers and other professionals working in the animal welfare sector.

Studies in Global Animal Law (Anne Peters ed., 2020)
Discusses the historical foundations of law regarding the rights to use and the rights of animals, the laws of animals as commodities, animal use by indigenous peoples, trade in endangered species, biodiversity protection, and emerging strategies to win legal protections for animals.

Animal Law Section: State Bar of Arizona
This section of the state bar consists of lawyers and non-attorneys interested in the study of animal law in a variety of areas, from pet stores to probate, and from criminal prosecution to agriculture. 

Animal Welfare Legislation
The Arizona Humane Society has compiled a timeline of state legal protections for animals. 

Arizona Department of Agriculture
The Animal Services Division of the Arizona Department of Agriculture enforces laws concerning the movement, sale, importation, transport, slaughter, and theft of livestock, regulates food processing and manufacturing facilities, and conducts food safety and quality inspections of animal-based products produced or stored in Arizona. 

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
This Department regulates intersections between animal welfare and environmental protection, such as concentrated animal feeding operations.