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A theory of legal personhood /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kurki, Visa A. J. (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford legal philosophy.
Subjects:
Juristic persons.
Personnes morales.
Juristic persons
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
Law.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.