‘Genetically inclined to attack’: A comment on the ‘Law of the Cat’

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Brown, Jonathan (2026) ‘Genetically inclined to attack’: A comment on the ‘Law of the Cat’. Green's Reparation Bulletin. ISSN 1357-2776 (In Press)

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Abstract

Comments on the 19th century decision in Webb v M’Feat (1878) SCR 669, concerning a cat which was alleged to have killed the pursuer's carrier-pigeon, and observes how the law relating to liability for wrongdoing effected by animals has changed in the century and a half since that decision.

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