FROM STATUS TO SYSTEM: LEGAL STATUS FROM ROMAN LAW TO THE AGE OF AI
FROM STATUS TO SYSTEM: LEGAL STATUS FROM ROMAN LAW TO THE AGE OF AI

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the evolution of legal status, beginning with Roman law, where status determined a person’s legal identity within societal and familial structures. Categories such as status civitatis, status libertatis, and status familiae shaped the recognition of legal persona. Modern law institutionalizes status through legal and contractual capacity. The rise of autonomous AI systems—non-human yet functionally engaged in legal relations—raises the question: should legal status be extended to such systems by recognizing them as legal personе, or can existing doctrines address these challenges without altering the contours of personhood?

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