This interdisciplinary collection proposes a new subject of inquiry: lively legalities. The contributors ¿ scholars from a variety of backgrounds and disciplinary orientations ¿ envision the possibility of legal frameworks that might move beyond a humanist perspective. The book asks what, in legal terms, it means to be human and nonhuman, what it means to govern and to be governed, and what are the ethical and political concerns that emerge in the project of governing not only human but also more-than-human life.