Determination of the Legal Personality Of Conjoined Twins -Comparative Study with Islamic Jurisprudence-

Abstract

Conjoined twins are one of the ancient and modern social phenomena whose existence dates back to the era of Adam، the father of humankind. They have become well-known in the present time due to the development that the media. At first، the conjoined twins were regarded as deformation، and then as monster، without considering the legal position of them in developed countries and even in our Islamic jurisprudential heritage. The view on them has reached the highest stages of development that they consider human beings who are in need of medical assistance whether to determine their identity or separate them. Thus، this research seeks the subject from medical and legal as well as Jurisprudence in order to address the case of conjoined twins as two bodies joined together with some or more parts since conception، and considering conjoined twins as human beings، requires determining their personality، in a way that removes the vagueness as to whether they are one personality or two personalities، coinciding with the absence of legal regulation of the case of conjoined twins and their legal personality.