Meaning of the term "moral person" in the first half of 19th century (attempt at systematic historical interpretation of "moral persons" in the General Civil Code)
2011
Abstract
This essay is attempting a historical interpretation of the term "person" and the term "moral person" in ABGB in the first half of the 19th century. In more specific terms its goal is to answer these questions: does the term "moral person" encompass "societa" as allowed corporation, does the term "moral person" encompass also a "single person" (a term used to describe a unity of co-owners, inheritors etc. in the sense of a legal communion) and finally how does the content of the term "moral person" vary from the term "legal person".