Dr Visa AJ Kurki is an Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellow at the Law Faculty of the University of Helsinki. He received his PhD in 2017 from the University of Cambridge. Kurki has published on legal personhood, rights theory, and animal law. He is also vice president of the Finnish Society for Legal Philosophy.

This book has arrived at a most opportune time. As courts and legislatures around the world are discussing the concept of legal personhood in relation to entities such as the natural environment, nonhuman animals, artificial intelligence and human foetuses, there is urgent need for clarity on what the concept means. Dr Kurki's book offers the most comprehensive analysis of this subject in a decade. Orthodoxies are critiqued, a new account of personhood is propounded and its practical implications are explored in a rigorous yet accessible manner. Essential reading for scholars and lawyers alike who have an interest in the topic.

• Introduction Part 1: The Orthodox View 1: A Short History of the Right-holding Person 2: Rights and Persons - Hohfeldian Analysis Part 2: The Bundle Theory 3: The Incidents of Legal Personhood 4: Who or What Can Be a Legal Person? Part 3: Applying the Theory 5: Collectivities as Legal Persons 6: The Legal Personhood of Artificial Intelligences 7: Legal Personhood in Normative Reasoning

Dr Visa AJ Kurki is an Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellow at the Law Faculty of the University of Helsinki. He received his PhD in 2017 from the University of Cambridge. Kurki has published on legal personhood, rights theory, and animal law. He is also vice president of the Finnish Society for Legal Philosophy.

This book has arrived at a most opportune time. As courts and legislatures around the world are discussing the concept of legal personhood in relation to entities such as the natural environment, nonhuman animals, artificial intelligence and human foetuses, there is urgent need for clarity on what the concept means. Dr Kurki's book offers the most comprehensive analysis of this subject in a decade. Orthodoxies are critiqued, a new account of personhood is propounded and its practical implications are explored in a rigorous yet accessible manner. Essential reading for scholars and lawyers alike who have an interest in the topic.

• Introduction Part 1: The Orthodox View 1: A Short History of the Right-holding Person 2: Rights and Persons - Hohfeldian Analysis Part 2: The Bundle Theory 3: The Incidents of Legal Personhood 4: Who or What Can Be a Legal Person? Part 3: Applying the Theory 5: Collectivities as Legal Persons 6: The Legal Personhood of Artificial Intelligences 7: Legal Personhood in Normative Reasoning

Dr Visa AJ Kurki is an Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellow at the Law Faculty of the University of Helsinki. He received his PhD in 2017 from the University of Cambridge. Kurki has published on legal personhood, rights theory, and animal law. He is also vice president of the Finnish Society for Legal Philosophy.

This book has arrived at a most opportune time. As courts and legislatures around the world are discussing the concept of legal personhood in relation to entities such as the natural environment, nonhuman animals, artificial intelligence and human foetuses, there is urgent need for clarity on what the concept means. Dr Kurki's book offers the most comprehensive analysis of this subject in a decade. Orthodoxies are critiqued, a new account of personhood is propounded and its practical implications are explored in a rigorous yet accessible manner. Essential reading for scholars and lawyers alike who have an interest in the topic.

• Introduction Part 1: The Orthodox View 1: A Short History of the Right-holding Person 2: Rights and Persons - Hohfeldian Analysis Part 2: The Bundle Theory 3: The Incidents of Legal Personhood 4: Who or What Can Be a Legal Person? Part 3: Applying the Theory 5: Collectivities as Legal Persons 6: The Legal Personhood of Artificial Intelligences 7: Legal Personhood in Normative Reasoning