Abstract
Chapter 1 laid out the history and definition of the human right to legal capacity—including the specification that it encompasses both legal personhood and agency. This definition laid the foundation for the application of the right throughout this book. Chapter 2 focused on the theoretical underpinnings of personhood; how it has traditionally excluded women, disabled women, and gender minorities; and how insights from critical feminist, disability, and queer theory provide the potential for a new understanding of personhood that may facilitate the realisation of the right to legal personhood—as part of the right to legal capacity—for women, disabled women, and gender minorities.
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Arstein-Kerslake, A. (2021). Gender, Disability and Decision-Making: Historical Discrimination. In: Legal Capacity & Gender. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63493-3_3
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