Fundamental Legal Conceptions: As Applied in Judicial Reasoning

by Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld, Walter Wheeler Cook (Editor)

Originally New Yale University Press, 1964. xv, 114 pp. This edition is distinguished by the foreword by Arthur L. Corbin, author of the renowned Corbin on Contracts. Since his death Hohfeld's essays on the concepts of right and duty have been increasingly recognized for their significance as a foundation of thought on analytical jurisprudence. Posthumously collected and published by Yale University Press in 1964, the essays were originally published as two articles in the Yale Law Journal in 1913 and 1917 and are "...now a standard part of legal thinking." Walker, Oxford Companion to Law 575.

Genres: Law

114 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 1978

About the author

1879-1918

Reviews

[Nehir Sanlav · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very hard language for non-law students but naming and explaining some terms were well done

[Michael I · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an amazing legal framework. I can see why Hohfeld's students petitioned for his dismissal. I'll probably need to read this a few more times before I actually understand it.

[Joe Beery · Rating 4 out of 5]

Profound and excellent.