In 2000, the Indian Supreme Court held that the holy books of the Sikh religion was a legal person, and in 2012, just recently, there was a treaty between the indigenous peoples of New Zealand and the crown, in which it was agreed that a river was a legal person who owned its own riverbed.
În 2000, Curtea Supremă Indiană a stabilit drept persoane juridice cărțile sacre ale religiei Sikh. Iar în 2012, chiar recent, s-a făcut un acord între indigenii din Noua Zeelandă și regat, recunoscând râul ca persoană juridică, proprietar al propriei albii.