By Kristine Sabillo New Zealand has formally granted a mountain legal personhood for the first time, recognizing not only its ...

Mount Taranaki, a mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people, was recognized as a legal person after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human ...

is similar to how an organization can be considered a legal person. Although such legal persons can own property, enter contracts and sue, “they do not have the same rights as human beings ...