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What happens to law when the human body becomes replicable, the mind readable, and identity programmable?

This book investigates how artificial intelligence, neurotechnology, and synthetic biology are dismantling the legal foundations of personhood. From biometric doubles and cognitive extraction to bodyoidsâhuman bodies grown without consciousnessâthe author reveals how legal categories struggle to keep pace with technological realities.

Blending legal theory, philosophy, and science, the book exposes a profound crisis: law no longer knows what a âœpersonâ is. This timely and provocative work is essential for scholars in law, bioethics, and technology studies seeking to understand how the post-human era challenges the very structure of the legal order. The future is no longer science fiction. It is a legal vacuum.

The book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of law, public policy, AI, and ethics. It will also be a handy guide for practicing lawyers.

Lost in the Shell

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    A Paperback by Andrea Monti

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 24 October 2025
      ISBN-13 9781041038320
      978-1041038320
      ISBN-10 1041038321
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      Ethics and moral philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      What happens to law when the human body becomes replicable, the mind readable, and identity programmable?

      This book investigates how artificial intelligence, neurotechnology, and synthetic biology are dismantling the legal foundations of personhood. From biometric doubles and cognitive extraction to bodyoidsâhuman bodies grown without consciousnessâthe author reveals how legal categories struggle to keep pace with technological realities.

      Blending legal theory, philosophy, and science, the book exposes a profound crisis: law no longer knows what a âœpersonâ is. This timely and provocative work is essential for scholars in law, bioethics, and technology studies seeking to understand how the post-human era challenges the very structure of the legal order. The future is no longer science fiction. It is a legal vacuum.

      The book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of law, public policy, AI, and ethics. It will also be a handy guide for practicing lawyers.

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