“人格物”是一个伪命题吗?——基于行为法律经济学的分析

Is Personhood Property a False Proposition?: an Analysis Based on Behavioral Law and Economics

"人格物"是一个在对人格权保护的讨论中所衍生出的新兴的概念,其特点表现在一般的物品上附着了当事人的情感利益,对于特定当事人来说物品具有了一定的人格化倾向。行为法律经济学是西方法经济学研究中所发展出的新的分支,其强调在分析法律问题时应该使用心理学、脑神经科学和行为科学等多学科交叉架构,以新的视角发现和探索法律问题的根源。在使用行为法律经济学方法对人格物进行分析后,人格物的内涵和外延都存在模糊不清之处,尤其在信息不对称的情况下,对于物品的价值无法判断,所以其很难作为一个完善的概念纳入人格权保护的体系之中。因此,在具体涉及到人格物的案件中,应该持一种比较谨慎的态度。

＂Personhood Property＂is an emerging concept derived from the debate of protection of personality rights that the particular people＇s emotional benefits attached to ordinary objects,therefore someone damage the goods as if also infringes the right of personality. Behavioral law and economics,as a new branch of law and economics in western countries which combined the methods of psychology,brain science and behavioral sciences and holding a new perspective of observing the issues. While employing the new method to inspect the personhood property,we may find that it is not a sound concept and contains lots of vagueness and ambiguity,especially under the condition of asymmetric information while assessing values. When personhood property cases involved,they must be treated cautiously.