https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-12-03-new-york-lawsuit-seeks-legal-personhood-for-chimpanzees/?dm_source=blocks-grid&dm_medium=card-link&dm_campaign=inform
New York lawsuit seeks 'legal personhood' for chimpanzees
Dec 3, 2013 - A U.S. animal rights group on Monday filed what it said is the first lawsuit seeking to establish the "legal personhood" of chimpanzees. By Bernard Vaughan and...
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https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/animal-rights_activists_try_to_gain_legal_personhood_for_certain_species
Activists try to gain legal personhood for animals and ecosystems
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall...
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https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/17-02-2025/legal-personhood-for-taranaki-transformative-or-tokenistic
Legal personhood for Taranaki: transformative or tokenistic? | The Spinoff
Feb 17, 2025 - While legal recognition of the maunga is vital in the short term, true environmental justice will require more work.
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https://www.good.is/simian-rights-court-decision-chimps-habeas-corpus/
Court Decision Implies Possible Legal Personhood for Chimps (UPDATED) - Good.is
Feb 2, 2026 - The ruling could be a first step in establishing basic rights for sentient animals.
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https://www.salon.com/topic/legal-personhood
Legal Personhood Archives - Salon.com
Salon sits down with Robert Macfarlane, whose new book asks the titular question, "Is a River Alive?"
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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/2018/sep/paul-burgess-publishes-boundaries-legal-personhood
Paul Burgess publishes 'The boundaries of legal personhood' | Faculty of Laws
Sep 28, 2018 - The article aims to identify the way in which various forms of legal personhood can be differentiated from one another with regard to spontaneous intelligence.
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https://now.org/update/ohio-lawmakers-propose-bill-that-would-grant-legal-personhood-at-moment-of-fertilization/
Ohio lawmakers propose bill that would grant legal personhood at moment of fertilization - National...
Jul 7, 2025 - Christian F. Nunes, president of the National Organization for Women, said her organization is mobilizing its members in Ohio by encouraging them to call their...
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/whales-legal-personhood-would-include-right-to-sue/
What if whales took us to court? A move to grant them legal personhood would include the right to...
Jun 24, 2025 - In a groundbreaking declaration earlier this month, Indigenous leaders of New Zealand and the Cook Islands signed a treaty, He Whakaputanga Moana, to recognise...