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A Theory of legal personhood / Visa A.J. Kurki.
Series: Oxford legal philosophyPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: xiii, 224 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0198844034
- 9780198844037
- K650 .K87 2019
Contents:
Summary: Who, or what, is a 'person' according to the law? How did this understanding of personhood come about? In the twenty-first century, environmentalism, animal rights, artificial intelligence, and corporate personhood have compelled us to consider these questions once again. Legal personhood is a foundational concept of Western legal thought and A Theory of Legal Personhood seeks to go beyond contemporary debates, challenging our very understanding of legal personhood itself.0Drawing on extensive research, scholarship, legislation, and court cases from around the globe, this book offers readers - with or without previous knowledge - new insights into legal personhood. It scrutinizes how personhood came to be understood synonymously with the holding of legal rights. It then posits that a better understanding of legal personhood is as a cluster property. Finally, it applies this new theory to explain and structure the numerous debates surrounding legal personhood.
A short history of the right-holding person -- Rights and persons - hohfeldian analysis -- The incidents of legal personhood -- Collectivities as legal persons -- The legal personhood of artificial intelligences -- Legal personhood in normative reasoning.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-215) and index.
A short history of the right-holding person -- Rights and persons - hohfeldian analysis -- The incidents of legal personhood -- Collectivities as legal persons -- The legal personhood of artificial intelligences -- Legal personhood in normative reasoning.
Who, or what, is a 'person' according to the law? How did this understanding of personhood come about? In the twenty-first century, environmentalism, animal rights, artificial intelligence, and corporate personhood have compelled us to consider these questions once again. Legal personhood is a foundational concept of Western legal thought and A Theory of Legal Personhood seeks to go beyond contemporary debates, challenging our very understanding of legal personhood itself.0Drawing on extensive research, scholarship, legislation, and court cases from around the globe, this book offers readers - with or without previous knowledge - new insights into legal personhood. It scrutinizes how personhood came to be understood synonymously with the holding of legal rights. It then posits that a better understanding of legal personhood is as a cluster property. Finally, it applies this new theory to explain and structure the numerous debates surrounding legal personhood.
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