Abstract
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?1 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.2LARS analyses the conception3 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. Herring notes: [i]t would be a law which saw the sustenance, support and reward for caring relationships as a central goal. It would be law which recognised that we cannot consider the rights and interests of individuals separately from each other, but needs to focus on enabling caring relationships to develop. A law which would recognise our deep universal vulnerability.4
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