Who is Law For? An Analysis of the Nature of the Legal Being

该项目将提供第一本当代关于“法律的人”的全面学术论文，因为这一法律的概念适用于自然人和自然物体：从理性的人到人类胎儿到动物再到树木。它将对某些最敏感和最有争议的法律领域的法律的决策产生直接影响，因此将具有高度的实际法律的应用。例如，该项目批判性地评估了胚胎的法律的地位，因此将对考虑新生殖技术、克隆和胚胎干细胞研究的合法性的国家和国际法律改革者产生直接兴趣。

The project will provide the first contemporary comprehensive scholarly treatise on "the legal person" as this legal concept applies to natural beings and objects: from rational humans, to human foetuses to animals to trees. It will have a direct bearing on legal decision-making in some of the most sensitive and controversial areas of law and therefore will have a highly practical legal application. For example, the project critically evaluates the legal status of the embryo and so will be of immediate interest to national and international law reformers considering the legality of the new reproductive technologies, cloning and embryonic stem cell research.