Rights for Robots

Bringing a unique perspective to the burgeoning ethical and legal conundrum regarding robot rights, the book uses the lens of animal and environmental rights law to analyse how this can inform the current status of robots.

Joshua C. Gellers is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Florida, Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance Project, and Core Team Member of the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment. His research focuses on the relationship between the environment, human rights, and technology. Josh has published work in Global Environmental Politics, International Environmental Agreements, and Journal of Environment and Development, among others. He is the author of The Global Emergence of Constitutional Environmental Rights (Routledge 2017).