Perspective
Oct. 2, 2012
US high court to hear oral arguments in Kiobel
In Kiobel, the 2nd Circuit held that international human rights norms, including the prohibition against genocide, do not apply to corporations. The case is scheduled for oral arguments today. By Beth Stephens
Is a corporation a person? According to the federal Dictionary Act, the answer is "yes." The word "person" includes corporations and other business entities. 1 U.S.C. Section 1. But what does it mean to say that a corporation is a person? Does it have the same rights as those of us who fall into the living, breathing subgroup of "persons"? What legal rights or duties go along with corporate personhood?
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