Beyond Legal Relations Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld’s Influence on American Institutionalism

Luca Fiorito () and Massimiliano Vatiero

Department of Economics University of Siena from Department of Economics, University of Siena

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.

JEL-codes: B13 B20 B25 K10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-12
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