Legal Beagle: Diary of a Canine Counselor [Hardcover]

Esq. Linda A. Cawley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1996

Legal Beagle is by turns a hilarious, informative, and heartwarming story in which a girl grows up loving dogs and the law — and innovatively combines the two.  Written with a keen understanding of the emotional bond between pets and their owners, answering pertinent legal questions on dog law, and featuring an engaging heroine, Legal Beagle is sure to interest the more than sixty million dog owners worldwide.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A love of dogs propelled Cawley into a rewarding and unconventional career: she became a "dog lawyer." This entertaining account of her practice will delight pet owners. Cawley, who formerly practiced in California and is now based in Colorado, maintains that judges and juries are not sympathetic to cases involving pets, which are regarded as property. It is not surprising that many of her cases are resolved by negotiation. She offers tales of careless pet shop owners, feuding neighbors, shifty breeders, vicious animal-control officers, and pet-custody cases. She helped one client who owned 104 poodles fight a zoning ordinance; she has dealt with malpractice, wrongful death and contract disputes. Cawley's book is advocacy law at its most engaging. 20,000 first printing.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 247 pages
• Publisher: New Horizon Press (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882821466
• ISBN-13: 978-0882821467
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,747,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A lawyer whose love of animals influences her legal practice, February 11, 1998

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This review is from: Legal Beagle: Diary of a Canine Counselor (Hardcover)

Linda Cawley is a lawyer who loves animals. She brings this care and concern to the courtroom as she describes the many legal cases involving animals in which she has participated. Often humorous but always serious, this account describes a major but often forgotten area of litigation. The witty and superb writing style makes reading this book an enjoyable experience. The cases described provide a wealth of knowledge about the practice of canine law. It makes a beagle proud to have its breed name associated with this area of legal practice.