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Identity, Personhood and the Law
Foster, Charles; Herring, Jonathan
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Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Law. Num Pages: 72 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMS; JPVH; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book is an examination of how the law understands human identity and the whole notion of ‘human being’. On these two notions the law, usually unconsciously, builds the superstructure of ‘human rights’. It explores how the law understands the concept of a human being, and hence a person who is entitled to human rights. This involves a discussion of the legal treatment of those of so-called "marginal personhood" (e.g. high functioning non-human animals; humans of limited intellectual capacity, and fetuses). It also considers how we understand our identity as people, and hence how we fall into different legal categories: ... Read more
This book is an examination of how the law understands human identity and the whole notion of ‘human being’. On these two notions the law, usually unconsciously, builds the superstructure of ‘human rights’. It explores how the law understands the concept of a human being, and hence a person who is entitled to human rights. This involves a discussion of the legal treatment of those of so-called "marginal personhood" (e.g. high functioning non-human animals; humans of limited intellectual capacity, and fetuses). It also considers how we understand our identity as people, and hence how we fall into different legal categories: ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Law
Number of Pages
70
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319534589
SKU
V9783319534589
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