Animalium

Digesta Animalium: An Animal Law Digest. The Digesta Animalium® is a Collection of Important Cases on Animal and Veterinary Law from the Courts and Administrative Tribunals of the Commonwealth of Australia, its States and Territories; Aotearoa New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Malaysia, and the Republic of Singapore, 1890 to 2023.

Volumes 1 to 4 reports significant cases on veterinary negligence, serious veterinary clinical misconduct, heads of loss and damage and the assessment of loss and damage (pertaining to companion animals and horses), consumer protection, consumer guarantees as to acceptable quality, consumer rights, Sale of Goods legislation (including the Australian Consumer Law (Cth), Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (NZ) and the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (UK)), and to a lesser extent, animal cruelty, animal welfare, animal rights and animal abuse.

• Volume 1, reported cases from between 2019 and 2023, first published March 2024. Also available through the National Library of Australia and WorldCat:

  1. • ISBN 978-1-7635194-0-4 (eBook, 1st ed): Front & Back Matter; full text; ISBN 978-1-0688096-0-6 (eBook, 1st Canadian ed.): full text;

     • ISBN 978-1-7635194-1-1 (Hardback, 1st ed).

• Volume 2, reported cases from between 2010 and 2018, first published March 2024, Also available through the National Library of Australia and WorldCat:

  1. • ISBN 978-1-7635194-2-8 (eBook, 1st ed): Front & Back Matter; full text; ISBN 978-1-0688096-3-7 (eBook, 1st Canadian ed.): full text.

• Volume 3, reported cases from between 1990 and 2009 (ISBN 978-1-7635194-3-5), forthcoming.

• Volume 4, reported cases from between 1890 and 1990 (ISBN 978-1-7635194-4-2), forthcoming.

Further volumes on other significant areas of Animal and Veterinary Law are planned.