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Reasonable Person : A Legal Biography by Valentin Jeutner (2024, Hardcover)

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101009445626

ISBN-139781009445627

eBay Product ID (ePID)7067391741

Product Key Features

Book TitleReasonable Person : a Legal Biography

Number of Pages252 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral

Publication Year2024

IllustratorYes

GenreLaw

AuthorValentin Jeutner

Book SeriesLaw in Context Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN2023-043568

Dewey Edition23/eng/20231128

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal340.5/7

Table Of ContentIntroduction; The Reasonable Person in the Past; The Reasonable Person in Birmingham; The Reasonable Person in Clapham; The Reasonable Person in the Colonies; The Reasonable Person in the Battlefield; The Reasonable Person in the Future; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisJeutner argues that the reasonable person is, at heart, an empathetic perspective-taking device, by tracing the standard of the reasonable person across time, legal fields and countries. Beginning with a review of imaginary legal figures in the legal systems of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, the book explains why the common law's reasonable person emerged amidst the British industrialisation under the influence of Scottish Enlightenment thinking. Following the figure into colonial courts, onto battlefields and into self-driving cars, the book contends that the reasonable person invites judges, jury-members, and lawyers to take another person's perspective when assessing their own or another person's conduct. The perspective of another is taken by means of empathy, by feeling what others might feel in a particular situation. Thus construed, the figure of the reasonable person can help us make more accurate judgments in a diverse world., Offering the first comprehensive account of the history and function of the common law's most legendary character, the book argues that the reasonable person is best understood as a legal device inviting those who apply it to take the perspective of an imaginary other.

LC Classification NumberK213.J365 2024