According to Salmond, duty is the ___________ of which obligation is a subordinate class.
Question and options
According to Salmond, duty is the ___________ of which obligation is a subordinate class.
- Product
- Genus
- Branch
- Species
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - Genus
Salmond treats obligations as merely one class of duties, namely those that correspond to rights in personam. Duty is therefore the wider class, the genus, and obligation one species within it; 'species' reverses this relationship.
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