A Suggested Basis for Legal Ontology

Author: AMATRUDO, ANTHONY

Source: Ratio Juris, Volume 21, Number 1, March 2008 , pp. 19-38(20)

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Abstract:

It is often argued that associations are intelligent organisms with minds and intentional states of their own. It is also argued that groups are merely a plurality of individuals who are related or associated only in a specific and limited sense. This paper draws on both classical and contemporary scholarship to develop an ontological account of persons which has real-world legal and ethical implications.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9337.2007.00378.x

Affiliations: 1: University of SunderlandSchool of Health, Natural, and Social SciencesPriestman BuildingGreen Terrace, SunderlandSR1 3PZ, UK, Email: anthony.amatrudo@sunderland.ac.uk

Publication date: 2008-03-01