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Legal Person
/ˈliːɡəl ˈpɜːsən/noun
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A legal person is any entity, such as a human being or a corporation, that the law recognizes as having rights, duties, and the capacity to sue or be sued. This concept extends beyond individuals to include artificial entities like companies, allowing them to operate in society much like natural persons, and it's a cornerstone of modern corporate and environmental law.
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In 2017, New Zealand became one of the first countries to grant legal personhood to a river—the Whanganui River—giving it rights equivalent to a human, which has led to over 50 similar recognitions worldwide for natural features like forests and mountains, fundamentally challenging traditional views of who or what can hold legal status.
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