The Future of the Person
Will be published approx. on 17. September 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-5099-8276-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book rigorously debates the notion of the person, a fundamental concept which underpins national private law orders worldwide.
In the 20th century, the unity of the person came under pressure - firstly through the rise of labour law and then secondly (post-World War II) through consumer law. The book moves this debate on, exploring the ongoing fragmentation of the concept of the person and the unique challenges that this gives rise to, and suggesting how this might impact on the future of private law. The book asks three questions:
*are the 'subject' of the 19th-century Codes or the 'person' of 20th-century constitutions useful categories of reference for the person?
*could fundamental rights, currently central to the notion of the person, be replaced by forms of the 'impersonal'?
*how, and why, should subjectivities be rethought in the age of infocracy and autocracies?
Thought-provoking and paradigm-shifting, this is a fascinating examination of the bedrock of private law.
In the 20th century, the unity of the person came under pressure - firstly through the rise of labour law and then secondly (post-World War II) through consumer law. The book moves this debate on, exploring the ongoing fragmentation of the concept of the person and the unique challenges that this gives rise to, and suggesting how this might impact on the future of private law. The book asks three questions:
*are the 'subject' of the 19th-century Codes or the 'person' of 20th-century constitutions useful categories of reference for the person?
*could fundamental rights, currently central to the notion of the person, be replaced by forms of the 'impersonal'?
*how, and why, should subjectivities be rethought in the age of infocracy and autocracies?
Thought-provoking and paradigm-shifting, this is a fascinating examination of the bedrock of private law.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5099-8276-9 (9781509982769)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Hans-W. Micklitz is Professor of Economic Law at the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Italy.
Giuseppe Vettori is Professor of Law at Department of Juridical Science at the University of Florence, Italy.
Giuseppe Vettori is Professor of Law at Department of Juridical Science at the University of Florence, Italy.
Content
1. Introduction, Hans-W. Micklitz and Giuseppe Vettori
Part One: Conceptual
2. Private Law and the Embedded Person, Hanoch Dagan and Avihay Dorfman
3. 'Discourses Survive, Humans Die': Trans-subjective, Pasquale Femia
4. Private Law Subjects in European Mini-publics, Martijn W Hesselink
5. The Person of the Future: The Dialogue of Intelligences between Humanism and Technoscience, Antonio Punzi
6. Person and Future, Giuseppe Vettori
Part Two: Reconstruction
7. Persons, Identities and the 'Right to be Oneself', Guido Alpa
8. Intersectionality and Law: Right or Method? Marisaria Maugeri and Pasquale Femia
9. The Many Persons of Law - History of Ideas and Practices, Pia Letto-Vanamo
10. From Abstract Legal Subjects to Real, Thomas Wilhelmsson
Part Three: Technology
11. Treating AI as a Legal Person: Simply a Means to a Regulatory End? Roger Brownsword
12. The Self and the Commodified Self: Biotechnologies before the Bare Life, Valentina Calderai
13. Rights for those who Unwillingly, Unknowingly and Unidentifiably Compute! Michael Veale
Part Four: Society, Economy and Nature
14. The Remains of the Corporation: A Future of Fragmented Corporate Personhood, Anna Beckers
15. The Contractualisation of the Consumer Worker, Vanessa Mak
16. The Legal Personalisation of Nature: A Problem of Method, Muriel Fabre-Magnan
17. Public Policy and Dignity of the Individual, Giovanni Passagnoli
18. The Human Person and Data: Beyond the Individualistic Approach, Giorgio Resta
19. Collective Units as Subjects of Liability in Collective Interest Cases, Vibe Ulfbeck
Part One: Conceptual
2. Private Law and the Embedded Person, Hanoch Dagan and Avihay Dorfman
3. 'Discourses Survive, Humans Die': Trans-subjective, Pasquale Femia
4. Private Law Subjects in European Mini-publics, Martijn W Hesselink
5. The Person of the Future: The Dialogue of Intelligences between Humanism and Technoscience, Antonio Punzi
6. Person and Future, Giuseppe Vettori
Part Two: Reconstruction
7. Persons, Identities and the 'Right to be Oneself', Guido Alpa
8. Intersectionality and Law: Right or Method? Marisaria Maugeri and Pasquale Femia
9. The Many Persons of Law - History of Ideas and Practices, Pia Letto-Vanamo
10. From Abstract Legal Subjects to Real, Thomas Wilhelmsson
Part Three: Technology
11. Treating AI as a Legal Person: Simply a Means to a Regulatory End? Roger Brownsword
12. The Self and the Commodified Self: Biotechnologies before the Bare Life, Valentina Calderai
13. Rights for those who Unwillingly, Unknowingly and Unidentifiably Compute! Michael Veale
Part Four: Society, Economy and Nature
14. The Remains of the Corporation: A Future of Fragmented Corporate Personhood, Anna Beckers
15. The Contractualisation of the Consumer Worker, Vanessa Mak
16. The Legal Personalisation of Nature: A Problem of Method, Muriel Fabre-Magnan
17. Public Policy and Dignity of the Individual, Giovanni Passagnoli
18. The Human Person and Data: Beyond the Individualistic Approach, Giorgio Resta
19. Collective Units as Subjects of Liability in Collective Interest Cases, Vibe Ulfbeck