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Legal personhood / Visa A. J. Kurki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kurki, Visa A. J., author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of law,
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Juristic persons--Philosophy.
- Juristic persons.
- Personalism--Philosophy.
- Personalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (80 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- This Element presents the notion of legal personhood, which is a foundational concept of Western law. It explores the theoretical and philosophical foundations of legal personhood, such as how legal personhood is defined and whether legal personhood is connected to personhood as a general notion. It also scrutinises particular categories of legal personhood. It first focuses on two classical categories: natural persons (human beings) and artificial persons (corporations). The discussions of natural persons also cover the developing legal status of children and individuals with disabilities. The Element also presents three emerging categories of legal personhood: animals, nature and natural objects, and AI systems. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Legal Personhood
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 What Is Legal Personhood?
- Definitions of Legal Personhood: The Orthodox View
- The Orthodox View and Theories of Rights
- The Orthodox Inventory and Its History
- Criticism of the Orthodox View
- Substantive Views and the Bundle Theory of Legal Personhood
- Weaknesses and Criticism the Bundle Theory
- Legal Subjecthood
- Conclusion
- 2 Legal Personhood as a Conceptual Scheme
- Realism and Legalism
- Monism and Pluralism
- Legal Personhood as Status and Construct
- Can Anything Be a Legal Person?
- Who or What Should Be a Legal Person?
- The "Should" Question in Law: Natural Law and Legal Positivism
- Legal Reasoning with Legal Personhood
- Do All Legal Systems Have Legal Personhood?
- 3 Natural and Artificial Persons
- Natural Personhood: The Legal Personhood of Human Beings
- Children as Legal Persons
- Persons with Cognitive Disabilities
- Artificial Personhood: The Legal Personhood of Collectivities
- A Very Brief History of Corporations
- Theories of Corporations
- Analytical Questions
- New Configurations of Legal Personhood: Natural or Artificial?
- 4 Emerging Categories of Legal Personhood: Animals, Nature, and AI
- Animal Legal Personhood
- Animal Status de lege lata
- Proposals for Animal Legal Status
- Rights of Nature and Environmental Personhood
- AI Legal Personhood
- The Meaning of AI Legal Personhood
- Are Some AI Systems Already Legal Persons?
- Summing Up
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9781009035743
- 1009035746
- 9781009035941
- 1009035940
- 9781009025614
- 1009025619
- OCLC:
- 1490381406
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access. Unrestricted online access
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