Trying Leviathan : the nineteenth-century New York court case that put the whale on trial and challenged the order of nature /

Burnett, D. Graham.

Trying Leviathan : the nineteenth-century New York court case that put the whale on trial and challenged the order of nature / D. Graham Burnett. - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (299 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.



9781400833986


Maurice, James, active 1818 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Judd, Samuel, active 1818 --Trials, litigation, etc.


Whales--Classification.
Animal rights--New York (State)--New York.
Speciesism.


Electronic Books.

KF228 / .T795 2007