Careful communication is frequently of central importance in law. The language used to communicate even with oneself in private thought profoundly influences the quality of that effort; but when one attempts to transmit an idea to another, language assumes even greater significance because of the possibilities for enormously distorting the idea. Word-skill is to be prized. Few have expressed this more aptly or succinctly than Wesley N. Hohfeld: ...[I]n any closely reasoned problem, whether legal or nonlegal, chameleon-hued words are a peril both to clear thought and to lucid expression
As the common law relies on the concept of reasonableness, the civil law relies on the concept of ...
In an important article published in 1988, Johan Van der Vyver challenged the prevailing reliance on...
Judgments about right are normally circumscribed and balanced by other considerations but it is poss...
Careful communication is frequently of central importance in law. The language used to communicate e...
Careful communication is frequently of central importance in law. The language used to communicate e...
This contribution offers an introduction into the language of rights and the role rights play in eth...
Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld was an American jurist who published a series of articles between 1909 and 19...
Which is the proper proprium of the right, in other words its essence? Is it possible to speak of a ...
An essential skill of law students and law professionals is to analyse the meaning of legal rules. A...
In English, \u27right\u27 is used in a number of ways to mean a number of things. We may turn to the...
The foremost issue that confronts contemporary legal jurisprudence is that of rights and yet paradox...
Why do students usually get into a muddle when analysing legal situations in Hohfeldian terms? What ...
Wesley N. Hohfeld tried to split the atom of legal discourse and to identify its elementary particle...
Karl Olivecrona (1971) maintains that right is a hollow word, and so also for some other legal t...
Just what is a right? Jakob Weissinger approaches this central problem of jurisprudence by criticall...
As the common law relies on the concept of reasonableness, the civil law relies on the concept of ...
In an important article published in 1988, Johan Van der Vyver challenged the prevailing reliance on...
Judgments about right are normally circumscribed and balanced by other considerations but it is poss...
Careful communication is frequently of central importance in law. The language used to communicate e...
Careful communication is frequently of central importance in law. The language used to communicate e...
This contribution offers an introduction into the language of rights and the role rights play in eth...
Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld was an American jurist who published a series of articles between 1909 and 19...
Which is the proper proprium of the right, in other words its essence? Is it possible to speak of a ...
An essential skill of law students and law professionals is to analyse the meaning of legal rules. A...
In English, \u27right\u27 is used in a number of ways to mean a number of things. We may turn to the...
The foremost issue that confronts contemporary legal jurisprudence is that of rights and yet paradox...
Why do students usually get into a muddle when analysing legal situations in Hohfeldian terms? What ...
Wesley N. Hohfeld tried to split the atom of legal discourse and to identify its elementary particle...
Karl Olivecrona (1971) maintains that right is a hollow word, and so also for some other legal t...
Just what is a right? Jakob Weissinger approaches this central problem of jurisprudence by criticall...
As the common law relies on the concept of reasonableness, the civil law relies on the concept of ...
In an important article published in 1988, Johan Van der Vyver challenged the prevailing reliance on...
Judgments about right are normally circumscribed and balanced by other considerations but it is poss...