Negotiating Personhood Beyond the Human: A Relational Legal Thought Experiment
Negotiating Personhood Beyond the Human: A Relational Legal Thought Experiment

Summary/Abstract: This article explores the ontological foundations of legal personhood in light of contemporary philosophical challenges to the human–nonhuman divide. Drawing on Bruno Latour’s theory of quasi-objects and Guido Sprenger’s animist notion of fluid personhood, it examines how shifting metaphysical assumptions may reshape legal personhood. The article argues that legal theory should move beyond fixed, anthropocentric categories and engage in a deeper negotiation of who – or what – counts in law.

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