Corporate personhood is the legal notion that a corporation, separately from its associated human beings (like owners, managers, or employees), has at least some of the legal rights and responsibilities by natural persons. In most countries, corporations, as legal persons, have a right to enter into contracts with other parties and to sue or be sued in court in the same way as natural persons or unincorporated associations of persons. Early history India, as early as 800 BC, granted legal personhood to guild-like śreṇī that operated in the public interest. The late Roman Republic granted legal personhood to municipalities, public works companies that managed public services, and voluntary associations (collegia) such as the early Catholic Church. The diverse collegia had different rights and responsibilities that were independent of the individual members. Some collegia resembled later medieval guilds and were allowed to advance the needs of a trade as a whole, but collegia were otherwise barred from enriching their members. In the Middle Ages, a legal "persona" could facilitate collective perp
La personalidad colectiva corporativa es la noción jurídica de que una corporación, separada de sus seres humanos asociados (como propietarios, gerentes o empleados), tiene al menos algunos de los derechos y responsabilidades legales de las personas físicas. En la mayoría de los países, las corporaciones, como personas jurídicas, tienen el derecho de entrar en contratos con otras partes y de demandar o ser demandado en el tribunal de la misma manera que las personas físicas o asociaciones no incorporadas de personas. La historia temprana de la India, ya en el 800 a.C., otorgó personalidad jurídica a los miembros de guildas similares a śreṇī que operaron en interés público. La República romana tardía otorgó personalidad jurídica a los municipios, las empresas de obras públicas que gestionaban servicios públicos, y las asociaciones voluntarias (colegias) como la iglesia católica temprana. Las diversas colegias tenían diferentes derechos y responsabilidades que eran independientes de los miembros individuales.