DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-T036-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/hohfeld-wesley-newcomb-1879-1918/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/hohfeld-wesley-newcomb-1879-1918/v-1
Article Summary
W.N. Hohfeld, US law professor and proponent of analytical jurisprudence, was responsible for one of the most influential analyses of the concept of a right in legal and moral philosophy. He offered to resolve all complex legal relations into a few simple and elementary ones, often confusedly referred to as ‘rights’.
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