Writs of Habeas Corpus for Nonhuman Primates in the United States ...

Writs of Habeas Corpus for Nonhuman Primates in the United States and the Nonhuman Rights Project: Legal Processes and Arguments Used to Secure ...

Keywords: Green Criminology; animal rights; writs of habeas for animals; Nonhuman Animal Rights Project; Steven Wise. Introduction. [Legally], humans possess ...

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The habeas corpus basis of that suit was recently (June 2022) rejected by the New York State's Court of Appeals. ... “natural rights” could be seen as taking ...

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Writs of Habeas Corpus for Nonhuman Primates. in the United States ... corpus (WHC) to extend the rights of nonhuman primates in the US. ... animals” (Nonhuman ...

Writs of habeas corpus for nonhuman primates in the United States ...

This article addresses that latter point by exploring the use of writs of habeas corpus for animals promoted by Steven Wise and the Nonhuman Rights Project ( ...

Litigation - Nonhuman Rights Project

It was used extensively in the 18th and 19th centuries to fight human slavery, and abolitionists often petitioned for common law writs of habeas corpus on ...

Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc., ex rel. Happy v. Breheny

Breheny, the New York Court of Appeals held that nonhuman animals cannot avail themselves of the writ of habeas corpus because such animals are ...

The Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. on behalf of Tommy, Petitioners ...

The suit includes a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, demanding that the chimps be released from private captivity to a sanctuary that is part of the North ...

Though Denied by New York Court of Appeals, Habeas Corpus ...

The case hinged on whether the chimpanzees, named Tommy and Kiko, could be considered “legal persons” for purposes of the statute. And while the ...

Habeas corpus scholars, philosophers support elephant rights case

“One of the greatest blemishes on our justice system is the wrongful detention of persons. The Writ of Habeas Corpus is one of the tools ...

New York court issues habeas corpus writ for chimpanzees - BBC

A judge in New York has issued a writ of habeas corpus in a case brought by animal rights activists on behalf of two chimpanzees.

Legal Personhood for Animals: Has Science Made Its Case? - PMC

NhRP decided to use the centuries-old procedure of habeas corpus, also known as the “Great Writ”, as a means to have a U.S. court determine ...

Chimpanzees: Persons or Things? - The Hastings Center

Pursuing a court case that began in 2013, the NhRP has filed a petition for a common law writ of habeas corpus, seeking to have Kiko and Tommy ...

Human Responsibility, Not Legal Personhood, For Nonhuman ...

The Presti court asserted that even if a chimpanzee were a person for purposes of habeas corpus (without addressing whether it actually is a ...

Advancing the Law for Great Apes: Legal Personhood

Justice Barbara Jaffe of the New York State Supreme Court granted a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of the chimps. In doing so, the court ...

No Habeas Corpus for Happy the Elephant - Reason Magazine

Because the writ of habeas corpus is intended to protect the liberty right of human beings to be free of unlawful confinement, it has no ...

Habeas Corpus Is For Humans, Not Animals - - Protect the Harvest

No non-human animal has ever received habeas corpus. To fully comprehend the significance of this legal action and its impact on all animals and animal ...

Matter of Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. v Stanley (2015 NY Slip Op ...

Petitioner brings this proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70 and under the common law for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Hercules and Leo.

Habeas Relief Not Applicable to Non-Human Animals - Law.com

In 'Matter of Nonhuman Rights Project v. Breheny', a five-judge majority lead by the Chief Judge determined that writs of habeas corpus only ...

Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. ex rel. Tommy v. Lavery

In fact, habeas relief has never been found applicable to any animal (see e.g. United States v. Mett, 65 F.3d 1531 [9th Cir1995], cert denied ...