Beyond Legal Relations: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld's Influence on American Institutionalism

Luca Fiorito and Massimiliano Vatiero

Journal of Economic Issues, 2011, vol. 45, issue 1, 199-222

Abstract: This paper documents Hohfeld's influence on interwar American institutionalism. We will mainly focus on three leading figures of the movement: John Rogers Commons, Robert Lee Hale, and John Maurice Clark. They regarded Hohfeld's contribution on jural relations as a preliminary step toward the understanding of the adversarial nature of legal rights. Albeit with substantial differences in style, method and emphasis, Hohfeld's schema provided a powerful analytical and rhetorical tool for their analysis.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624450111

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