The Reasonable Person

Auteur

Valentin Jeutner is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Lund University and Senior Retained Lecturer, Pembroke College, Oxford. Jeutner encountered the reasonable person when studying law in England (Oxford/Cambridge) and the US (Georgetown). He is also admitted to the bar of New York State. Previous publications include Irresolvable Norm Conflicts in International Law (2017) and [l]ex machina (2020).

Texte du rabat

"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"--

Contenu

Introduction; 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.