According to Hohfeld's concept of 'right' and its legal co-relatives, which of the following statements…
On Hohfeld's scheme the correlative of liberty (privilege) is no-right, the correlative of a disability is an immunity, the correlative of a power is a liability, and…
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According to Hohfeld's concept of 'right' and its legal co-relatives, which of the following statements are correct?
A. the co-relative of Liberty is No-Right
B. the co-relative of Immunity is Power.
C. the co-relative of Disability is Immunity
D. the co-relative of Power is Liability
E. the Contradictories Immunity is absence of power in another.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
On Hohfeld's scheme the correlative of liberty (privilege) is no-right, the correlative of a disability is an immunity, the correlative of a power is a liability, and immunity's contradictory is the absence of power in another, giving "A, C, D and E only". The statement that immunity's correlative is power is wrong, since its correlative is disability.
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