A theory of legal personhood / Visa A.J. Kurki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurki, Visa A. J., author.

Series:

Oxford legal philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juristic persons.

Physical Description:

xiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-215) and index.

ISBN:

0198844034

9780198844037

OCLC:

1096287546