Personhood Beyond Humanism Animals, Chimeras, Autonomous Agents and
This book explores the legal conception of personhood in the context of contemporary challenges, such as the status of non-human animals, human-animal biological mixtures, cyborgisation of the human body, or developing technologies based on artificial aut
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Tomasz Pietrzykowski
Personhood Beyond Humanism Animals, Chimeras, Autonomous Agents and the Law
SpringerBriefs in Law
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Tomasz Pietrzykowski
Personhood Beyond Humanism Animals, Chimeras, Autonomous Agents and the Law
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Tomasz Pietrzykowski Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law University of Silesia in Katowice Katowice Poland Translated by Krystyna Warchal
The research for this book was funded by the Polish Science Centre (project no 2012/07/B/ HS5/03957) ISSN 2192-855X ISSN 2192-8568 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Law ISBN 978-3-319-78880-7 ISBN 978-3-319-78881-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78881-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018937707 © The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What Is Legal Personhood? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 The Concept of Personhood in Law . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Natural and Legal Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Active and Passive Capacity of a Subject of Law . 2.4 The Conventional Character of Legal Subjecthood References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3 On Juridical Humanism: The Anthropocentrism of the Legal Approach to Personhood and Its Philosophical Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 The Philosophical Underpinnings of the Legal Order 3.2 Humanism and the Dignity of
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