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DESCRIPTION:The Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law w
 armly invite you to attend the book launch of Valentin Jeutner’s new book\
 , The Reasonable Person: A Legal Biography (Cambridge University Press\, 2
 024). \n\nAttendance is open to students and lunch will be served. \n\nFor
  more information\, please contact louis.guilbault [at] mail.mcgill.ca.  
 \n\nAbstract\n\nThe book argues that the reasonable person is\, at heart\,
  an empathetic perspective-taking device\, by tracing the standard of the 
 reasonable person across time\, legal fields and countries. Beginning with
  a review of imaginary legal figures in the legal systems of ancient Egypt
 \, Greece\, and Rome\, the book explains why the common law’s reasonable p
 erson emerged amidst the British industrialisation under the influence of 
 Scottish Enlightenment thinking. Following the figure into colonial courts
 \, onto battlefields and into self-driving cars\, the book contends that t
 he reasonable person invites judges\, jury-members\, and lawyers to take a
 nother person’s perspective when assessing their own or another person’s c
 onduct. The perspective of another is taken by means of empathy\, by feeli
 ng what others might feel in a particular situation. Thus construed\, the 
 figure of the reasonable person can help us make more accurate judgments i
 n a diverse world. \n\nSpeaker\n\nValentin Jeutner is an Associate Profess
 or of Law at Lund University. Holding degrees in law (Oxford (BA)\, George
 town (LLM)\, Cambridge (PhD)) and theology (Lund (MTh)\, Münster (PhD))\, 
 his research explores foundational legal questions. Before coming to Lund\
 , he was a PostDoc at Oxford and a policy advisor at the Federal Chancelle
 ry in Berlin. He is also a licensed attorney (New York) and advises states
 \, companies and organisations. \n\nWe look forward to having you among us
 ! \n\n \n
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LOCATION:Room 16 Stephen Allan Scott Seminar Room
SUMMARY:Book launch – The Reasonable Person: A Legal Biography 
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