Fundamental Legal Conceptions As Applied In Judicial Reasoning By Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld

Fundamental Legal Conceptions As Applied in Judicial Reasoning by Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld

Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld, born in 1879, died prematurely in 1918. He left only a few law journal articles as his published work. His 'Fundamental Legal Conceptions', originally published as two articles in the 'Yale Law Journal' for 1913 and 1917 and left incompletely revised at his death is, however, one of the principal foundations of analytic jurisprudence. The analysis of rights that Hohfeld offers is still regularly cited and relied upon by both lawyers and philosophers, and it is treated as a source of insight into the nature of moral rights as well as the legal rights that were Hohfeld’s own focus of concern. Although some of his analytical distinctions were anticipated by earlier jurists, their insights were fragmentary and imperfect by comparison. Hohfeld’s systematic and exhaustive (yet concise) treatment is generally regarded as unsurpassed. This is not to say that he has not been criticized, but his book forms the essential starting point for any discussion of the nature and structure of rights. 'Fundamental Legal Conceptions' has long been difficult to obtain. This new edition makes this classic of analytic jurisprudence available with a comprehensive introduction by Dr. N.E. Simmonds of Corpus Christi, University of Cambridge, UK.

Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning

Excerpt from Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning: And Other Legal Essays The Nature of Stockholders' Individual Liability for Corporation Debts (1909) 9 Columbia Law Review, 285. The Individual Liability of Stockholders and the Conflict bf Laws (1909) 9 Columbia Law Review, 492; (1910) 10 ibid., 283; 10 ibid., 520. The Relations Between Equity and Law (1913) 11 Michigan Law Review, 537. Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reason ing (1913) 23 Yale Law Journal, 16; (1917) 26 ibid., 710. The Need of Remedial Legislation in the California Law of Trusts and Perpetuities (1913) 1 California Law Review, 305. A Vital School of Jurisprudence and Law (1914) Proceedings of Association of American Law Schools. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning by Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld