A theory of legal personhood /

A theory of legal personhood /

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Author / Creator:	Kurki, Visa A. J., author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019. ©2019
Description:	xiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford legal philosophy Oxford legal philosophy.
Subject:	Juristic persons. Juristic persons.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11946565

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ISBN:	0198844034 9780198844037
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-215) and index.
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.

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