Struggling to be Fit: Identity, Integrity, and the Law
Authors
* Abbe Brown Shawn H. E. Harmon
* Honorary Fellow, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, shawnharmon28@gmail.com
** Professor in Intellectual Property Law, School of Law, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, abbe.brown@abdn.ac.uk
*** Professor in Performance and Technology, School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds. s.popat@leeds.ac.uk
**** Professor of Dance, Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University,
s.whatley@coventry.ac.uk
***** Charterhouse Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, r.j.oconnor@leeds.ac.uk
This interdisciplinary co-authored Analysis piece introduces identity and integrity, which are argued to sit at the core of the person. It analyses approaches taken to these concepts by legal regimes, particularly in the context of individuals using artificial limbs or digital avatars. The piece concludes that law engages with identity and integrity to a limited and incomplete extent; and that law is thus inadequate in its engagement with the person, and its meaning making in this respect. This piece draws on two interdisciplinary funded projects, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
