“Most people in America would laugh at the idea of a river being treated as a person, yet we don’t bat an eye over concepts of corporate personhood,” Freid said. “That’s really ...

In what’s believed to be a first-of-its-kind move, the Whanganui River in New Zealand has been granted the same status as a person. The river will have its own legal identity “with all the ...

Recently, the court decision bestowed legal personality to the Turag River. Yes, the court can do that. And, yes, rivers too can be persons. The legal jurisprudence states that non-human entities may ...

Today, New Zealand’s Whanganui River is a person under domestic law, and India’s Ganges River was recently granted human rights. In Ecuador, the Constitution enshrines nature’s “right to ...

In what’s believed to be a first-of-its-kind move, the Whanganui River in New Zealand has been granted the same status as a person. The river will have its own legal identity “with all the ...