Jonathan Herring, Law and the Relational Self, Cambridge University Press, 2019, hardback, 200 pp, £85.00, ISBN: 978-1-108-42513-1. In Law and The Relational Self (LARS), Jonathan Herring seeks to provide answers to several conceptual questions: Who are we? What is important to us? What makes us who we are? This investigation into the necessary properties of ‘the self’ demonstrates the depth of the subject matter in LARS. Herring’s answers also provide clarity in understanding the relationship between the self and the concept of law. LARS analyses the conception of the relational self, and the impact of using the relational self in family law, criminal law, and medical law. Herring reconceptualises the purpose of law if the relational self is taken seriously …
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Clark Hobson, Jonathan Herring, Law and the Relational Self, Medical Law Review, Volume 30, Issue 3, Summer 2022, pages 562–574. Published: 21 June 2022.
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