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Published October 18, 2026 | Version v1
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From River Rights to Legal Personhood: Dispositif Analysis of Concept Formation in Legal Practice

Authors/Creators

  • 1. EDMO icon University of Innsbruck

Description

Description

Slides accompanying a study of how rivers acquire legal personhood through legal language and institutional arrangements. Drawing on the Whanganui, Atrato, Ganga/Yamuna and Yarra/Birrarung cases, the presentation examines how legal recognition constitutes rivers as subjects while placing their agency within systems of representation, guardianship and governance.

Presented at:

  • Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts: Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory, Catanzaro, Italy, 15 October 2026 — From River Rights to Legal Personhood: Dispositif Analysis of Concept Formation in Legal Practice.

  • PSC Posthuman Studies Conference Series, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 12 June 2026 — Emerging Technologies of Legal Subjectivity.

The uploaded slides are from the Catanzaro presentation; the Cluj-Napoca version differed slightly.

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From River Rights to Legal Personhood.pdf

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2026-06-12
Emerging Technologies of Legal Subjectivity — 2nd Posthuman Studies Conference, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Session 2: Multihumanism, Subjectivity, AI, and Posthuman Ethics.
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2026-10-15
From River Rights to Legal Personhood — Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts, Catanzaro, Italy. Session 1: Identity and Legal Subjectivity: Hermeneutic Itineraries between Law and Philosophy.