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Hohfeld relations and spielraum for action

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Author

Editor

  • Christian Dahlman

Summary, in English

The paper intends to show, (1) that W.N. Hohfeld’s theory of fundamental jural relations is relevant to economic theory, and (2) that Hohfeld’s system can be reconstructed by the concepts of ‘liberty space’ and ‘ability space’, understood as an agent’s Spielraum for action. The first half of the paper is devoted to an exposition of Hohfeld’s system and to the question of its relation to the economic analysis of property rights. The second half concerns Spielraum theory and the reformulation of Hohfeldian distinctions in terms of liberty spaces and ability spaces. It is argued that the reformulation is useful, inter alia, for describing exchange of property rights by contract.

Department/s

Publishing year

2005

Language

English

Pages

121-150

Publication/Series

Studier i rättsekonomi: festskrift till Ingemar Ståhl

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Studentlitteratur AB

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • jural relations
  • spielraum for action
  • law and economics
  • W. N. Hohfeld
  • ability space
  • Ronald Coase
  • property rights
  • liberty space
  • contract
  • rättsvetenskap

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9789144037868