Animals’ Place in Legal Theory: Introduction to the Special issue on Animals’ Place in Jurisprudence

Introduction to the special issue on place cells.

In 1971, John O’Keefe and Jonathan Dostrovsky discovered place cells, and the hippocampal world has not been the same since. In the nearly 30 years since that discovery, hundreds of studies have been published, and thousands of words have been written, yet full understanding of the function of these cells and the role they collectively play in the hippocampus, remains somewhat elusive. The coll...

Introduction to special issue, “How nature shaped echolocation in animals”

This special issue, “How nature shaped echolocation in animals,” is dedicated to Elisabeth Kalko and Björn Siemers, two extraordinarily creative, passionate, and important researchers in the field of echolocation. Both Eli and Björn passed away suddenly and at young ages, leaving a gaping hole in our research community. Eli, with enormous talents as a naturalist and a contagious enthusiasm to u...

The Place of Animals in Christian America

Since Henry Bergh organized the first American Society for the Prevention of Cruel­ ty to Animals in 1866, there have been na­ tionwide efforts to curb cruelty to ani­ mals. [ll The "Humane Society" and the "Band of Mercy" have joined this crusade, along with numerous other groups aimed toward sane specific act of cruelty. [2] Groups which indirectly advocate kindne~s to animal life are the Veg...

the place of iranian public diplomacy in central asia

چکیده: نسبت به کارکرد و ماهیت دیپلماسی عمومی در جهان امروز نظریه های متعددی بیان گردیده و جایگاه آن در کنار نظریه های دیگر در محافل آکادمیک و دانشگاهی بررسی و تحلیل گردیده است. نظر به اهمیت دیپلماسی عمومی و جایگاه آن در سیاست خارجی ایران این نوشتار با تمرکز بر دیپلماسی عمومی در منطقه آسیای مرکزی تهیه و تنظیم شده است. این ضرورت از آنجا ناشی می شود که اولاً مفهوم دیپلماسی عمومی در سیاست خارجی ای...

Introduction, Special Issue: Feminist Legal Theory