EDITORIAL BOARD
ALGERIA FORD REXÉNA NAPIER
Co-Editor in Chief Co-Editor in Chief
BRIAN R. POLLOCK
JUSTIN W. BREWER MOLLY MATTINGLY
Senior Articles Editor Senior Notes Editor
LAUREN E. BEAN KRISTIN M. BOURLAND
BENJAMIN SILVER FORREST S. KUHN, III
VICTORIA STEINBACH ADAM WATSON
Articles Editors Notes Editors
EBERT HAEGELE MELISSA G.MCHENDRIX
NOELLE RAO Managing Editor
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MEMBERS
CHRIS BALLANTINE KEVIN MONSOUR
DANIEL B. ELLIOTT LENA NASH
BYRON L. GARY KEVIN RICH
JUSTIN GOOCH NAKEINA SMITH
COURTNEY GRAHAM KRISTEN E. STALEY
J.MICHAEL E. GRAY WILLIS S. TAYLOR
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Animal Law may seem like a specialization, but, in fact, it encompasses many areas of the law including torts, criminal law, and constitutional law. Animal Law includes both statutory and case law in which non-human animals are important. The field covers all animals: companion animals, farm animals, animals used in entertainment, those used in research, and wildlife. Animal Law is a field on the rise. Animal law courses and Student Animal Legal Defense Fund chapters are steadily increasing. Attorneys, more than ever, are either going into the field of Animal Law outright or are spending their pro-bono hours on Animal Law issues. An additional forum of discussion on these issues was needed, especially in Kentucky and the South. Kentucky has ranked last in the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s survey of animal law for the last two years. Kentucky is a state in need of animal law discussion and attorneys.
Environment. We use the term broadly to refer to the physical components of our world. It encompasses both non-living things, like the oceans and gravity, and living things, like animals and microorganisms. Law. A system of rules that regulates interactions in a society. Together, environmental law is the field of law that focuses on the development and implementation of laws governing society’s impact on the environment. It involves interpreting and interweaving statutes, treaties, and case law both locally and internationally.
The Louis D. Brandeis Journal of Animal and Environmental Law (JAEL) was conceived to cover the entire gambit of animal and environmental law. In that respect, the JAEL is unique in that it is currently the only law journal with a specific focus on both environmental and animal law issues. Typical environmental law journals publish articles on topics, such as resource use, chemical regulation, and international policy. The issues that affect animals affect the environment and vice versa. Better laws for one will usually result in gains for the other. However, there are times when the interests of one come at the expense of the other. These issues are also of concern and should have a forum for discussion. As can be seen from the divergent styles of the first two paragraphs, this journal, in an effort to provide an academic forum for these emerging fields will not limit itself to the standard law review format.
A final unique aspect of this journal is that it is only available in an electronic form. The benefits of this choice have been significant. Publication delays have been reduced to allow these new ideas to be introduced. Electronic editing saved over two thousand pages of paper. Online availability allows many different communities to participate in the development of this scholarship. Besides the advancement of the topics and policies proposed, the possibility that other law journals would be able to incorporate the electronic editing encouraged the creation of this journal.
Published bi-annually by a student editorial board at the University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law, the journal provides law schools, judges, and attorneys across the nation with cutting-edge scholarship. The Journal accepts submissions from academics, practitioners, or other writers throughout the year.
-Rexéna Napier & Algeria R. Ford
Editors in Chief