ABSTRACT
Before we argue that non-human animals should be accorded fundamental legal rights, we must first be clear what we are arguing for. During World War I, Yale law professor Wesley Hohfeld cogently set out what legal rights are. 1 A right, he explained, was an advantage conferred by legal rules upon a legal person. One legal person has a legal advantage (that's the right). Another legal person bears a corresponding legal disadvantage. Neither person can stand alone, and Hohfeld defined their rights in relation to each other. 2
