Research Methods for Corporate, Securities, and Financial Law
Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning
Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld
- Year
- 1913
- Venue
- Yale Law Journal
- Level
- Introductory
Summary
Introduces Hohfeld's analytical project for distinguishing legal conceptions from nonlegal conceptions and for separating fundamental jural relations from one another. The article organizes legal positions through opposites and correlatives, making it a durable method for reading rights, duties, privileges, powers, liabilities, and immunities with precision.
Citation
Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld. "Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning." Yale Law Journal, 1913.
BibTeX
@article{Hohfeld1913Some,
title = {Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning},
author = {Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld},
year = {1913},
journal = {Yale Law Journal},
url = {https://openyls.law.yale.edu/entities/publication/bc452662-31cb-4fdc-b094-acdff4ea6bb6}
}