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In Salmond’s strict sense of a legal right, how does a rule of legal justice treat the relevant interest?

For Salmond, a legal right in the strict sense is an interest recognised and protected by a rule of legal justice. Recognition or protection taken alone leaves the…

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In Salmond’s strict sense of a legal right, how does a rule of legal justice treat the relevant interest?

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For Salmond, a legal right in the strict sense is an interest recognised and protected by a rule of legal justice.

Recognition or protection taken alone leaves the definition incomplete.

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Option A

Recognition alone leaves out the protection required by the definition.

Option B

Protection alone leaves out recognition under the rule of legal justice.

Option C

Salmond’s definition combines recognition and protection by a rule of legal justice.

Option D

Salmond distinguishes a legal right from an interest protected solely by moral rules.

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