OVER the past year and a bit the United States Supreme Court has produced two landmark rulings on the metaphor at the heart of corporate law: the idea that companies are legal persons.

去年以来，美国最高法院产生了两个里程碑式的裁定，都事关公司法的核心——隐喻说法是：公司是合法的人。

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German corporate law shuns the idea of a chief executive, in favour of a Vorstand with collective responsibility.

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