What does the right to be oneself entail? And how is it manifest in our understanding of the law?

The leading commentator on this subject explores these questions, taking an ambitious and multi-faceted approach. To answer them, he draws on private law, jurisprudence, constitutional law, as well as history, art and literature. This treatise, translated from the Italian original and expanded to give a more international perspective, is the seminal work on the development of identity-protection through law.

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1. Identity: A Multifaceted Self
2. The Representation of Identity
3. The Secrets of Painting and Literature
4. The Distinctions of Individuals in the World of Law
5. Discrimination and Human Rights
6. Nature and Sex Discrimination
7. Nature and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
8. Nature and Discrimination Based on Race, Skin Colour, Physiognomy
9. Discrimination and the Land Bond
10. Registry Identity
11. The Subject of Law
12. The Constitutional Revolution: From the Subject to the Person
13. The Fight Against Discrimination and Today’s Law
14. The Constitutional Dimension of Personal Rights
15. Biological Identity and Sexual Identity
16. Digital Identity
17. Group Identity
18. Citizenship: Plurality of Meanings
19. Person, Dignity, Identity

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A ground-breaking treatise on the right to be oneself, drawing on legal philosophy, history, constitutional law, art and literature, by one of the most influential legal thinkers of his generation.
Translated from the original Italian treatise by Professor Alpa with a more international perspective
This series publishes works on private law with a focus on its future development. It adopts a broad understanding of the field, which combines the traditional doctrinal core of private law with regulatory private law, and which places national legal traditions in the context of legal pluralism and with reference to transnational commercial law. Methodologically, the series is committed to an interdisciplinary exploration of the breadth and depth of the challenges that private law is facing. Thus the series combines doctrinal or interpretive legal research with the use of methods drawn from economics, sociology, psychology, political science, and science and technology studies. At the same time, it respects the free-standing methods and understandings that traditional legal science applies to private law. The series editors welcome contributions that will expand the boundaries of private law scholarship while retaining its disciplinary coherence.
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ISBN
9781509972487
Publisert
2025-12-18
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
460 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

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Biografisk notat

Guido Alpa was Professor Emeritus of Civil Law at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy.