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.
Di tahun 2000, Mahkamah Agung India mengatakan bahwa kitab suci agama Sikh adalah orang hukum, dan di tahun 2012, akhir-akhir ini, ada suatu perjanjian antara penduduk asli Selandia Baru dan raja, di mana disetujui bahwa suatu sungai adalah orang hukum yang punya palungnya sendiri.