Treatise - Introduction to Corporate Political Societies

The Roman concept of the patriarchal family views children as slaves of the head of the family, and the family operates like a corporation. The patriarch is equated to a sovereign authority as lawgiver, enforcer and judge, but also as the trustee for the family. He represents the family in matters exterior to the family, and has a higher right to all the possessions of family members. This is where the idea for a corporate political society or civil state originates, as distinguished from state following the natural order. The corporate political society or civil state has its sovereign head ruling over numerous individuals similar to a patriarchal family.