Through the lens of poetry, Beck Duffield J.D., LL.M., author of "Letters From The Front: Poems in Trauma Recovery," confronts both the importance and inevitability of our chosen and unchosen spheres of influence.

Letters From The Front is a collection of 32 poems that takes the reader from the first days of trauma recovery to the victories of regaining balance and sense of self. As the poems progress, healing progresses and is more complete with each finished stanza.Woefully little research has been done about the effects of complex post-traumatic stress and even less information flows forth from people in the thick of the fight. By publishing this book, the author hopes to inspire...

Animal law is a growing discipline, as is animal ethics. In this wide-ranging book, scholars from around the world address the intersections between the two. Specifically, this collection focuses on pressing moral issues and how law can protect animals from cruelty and abuse. A project of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, the book is edited by the Oxford Centre’s directors, Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey, and features contributions from many of its fellows. Divided into three sections, ...