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> So basically, corporations are legal persons because of Capitalism. See The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession by Brundage, which has a few chapters on
by throw0101c 4y ago
> So basically, corporations are legal persons because of Capitalism.
See The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession by Brundage, which has a few chapters on law during the Roman period, as well as chapters on the creation of universities, along with mentions of things like guilds and town charters, which were collective groupings of people treated as a single entity.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Brundage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Brundage
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University#Definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University#Definition
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_University_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_University_in...
Going back to Ancient Rome for non-commercial purposes:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associations_in_ancient_Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associations_in_ancient_Rome
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegium_(ancient_Rome) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegium_(ancient_Rome)
- eternalban 4y agoKey point is all those were privileges granted by the monarch. You did not have a right to start a company, so whatever affordances were given to pre-19th century organizations by the state, they were grants.