How Corporate Personhood Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 November 2008

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Corporate personhood is an ancient legal custom tracing back to Roman law, whereby a corporation is legally considered a person.

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