LAW 7164

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LAW 7164
Corporations and Other Legal Persons

Course information provided by the 2018-2019 Catalog.

Business and nonprofit corporations are well-recognized to be "legal persons" that can hold and exercise rights in their own names and, in some cases, operate in perpetuity.  However, trusts, foundations, municipalities and nation states can also be characterized as legal persons.  Historically, animals were granted legal personhood in certain circumstances in medieval Europe, extended families were treated as legal persons both in classical Rome and in ancient China.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: LAW 6131.

When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17365 LAW 7164   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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