New essays on the nature of rights

"This is the first book to bring together distinguished jurisprudential theorists, as well as up-and-coming scholars, to critically assess the nature of legal reasoning. The volume is divided into 3 parts: The first part, General Jurisprudence and Legal Reasoning, addresses issues at the intersection of general jurisprudence - those pertaining to the nature of law itself - and legal reasoning. The second part, Rules and Reasons, addresses two concepts central to two prominent types of theory of legal reasoning. The essays in the third and final part, Doctrine and Practice, delve into the mechanics of legal practice and doctrine, from a legal reasoning perspective."--

"This is the first book to bring together distinguished jurisprudential theorists, as well as up-and-coming scholars, to critically assess the nature of legal reasoning. The volume is divided into 3 parts: The first part, General Jurisprudence and Legal Reasoning, addresses issues at the intersection of general jurisprudence - those pertaining to the nature of law itself - and legal reasoning. The second part, Rules and Reasons, addresses two concepts central to two prominent types of theory of legal reasoning. The essays in the third and final part, Doctrine and Practice, delve into the mechanics of legal practice and doctrine, from a legal reasoning perspective"--

1. The Value of Hohfeldian Neutrality when Theorising about Legal Rights -- Andrew Halpin -- 2. Legal Competence and Legal Power -- Visa AJ Kurki -- 3. In Defence of the Interest Theory of Right-Holding: Rejoinders to Leif Wenar on Rights -- Matthew H Kramer -- 4. Desires, Interests and Claim-Rights -- Simon Cabulea May -- 5. Legal Powers and the Will and Interest Theories of Rights -- James Penner -- 6. Public Goods, Individual Rights and Third-Party Benefits -- Gopal Sreenivasan -- 7. The Tracking Theory of Rights -- Mark McBride -- 8. The Circularity of the Interest and Will Theories of Rights -- Rowan Cruft -- 9. Adequacy Constraints for a Theory of Rights -- Siegfried Van Duffel -- 10. Respectful Adjudication of Rights Conflicts -- Anna-Karin Andersson -- 11. Corrective Rights -- Hillel Steiner

Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 -- The Value of Hohfeldian Neutrality when Theorising about Legal Rights -- I. Introduction -- II. The Key Elements of Hohfeld's Analytical Scheme -- III. Three Locations of Hohfeldian Neutrality -- IV. Establishing Neutrality in a Fourth Location: Theory of Legal Rights -- V. A Dispute Theory of Rights -- VI. Concluding Reflections -- References -- 2 -- Legal Competence and Legal Power -- I. Preliminaries -- II. Defining and Refining Competence -- III. Dependent and Independent Competences -- IV. On Hohfeldian Powers -- V. Finally -- References -- 3 -- In Defence of the Interest Theory of Right-Holding: Rejoinders to Leif Wenar on Rights -- I. Kramer's Version of the Interest Theory of Right-Holding -- II. Ordinary Usage and Armchairs -- III. A Preposterous Methodological Demand -- IV. The Misplacing of a Quantifier -- V. A Theory Not Focused on Justification -- VI. Form and Substance -- VII. Putative Counterexamples -- VIII. The Roles of Right-Holders -- IX. Applications of Wenar's Theory -- X. Further Applications of Wenar's Theory -- XI. Enforceability -- XII. Interests Versus Desires -- XIII. Conclusion -- References -- 4 -- Desires, Interests and Claim-Rights -- I. The Kind-Desire Theory -- II. Extensional Adequacy: The Interest Theory -- III. Extensional Adequacy: The Kind-Desire Theory -- IV. The Significance of Claim-Rights -- References -- 5 -- Legal Powers and the Will and Interest Theories of Rights -- I. Introduction -- II. Moral Powers and their Customary Legal Equivalents -- III. WT and Powers -- IV. Contracts and the Rights of Third-Party Beneficiaries (TPBs) -- V. The Powers of Office-Holders -- VI. Conclusion -- References -- 6 -- Public Goods, Individual Rights and Third-Party Benefits -- I. Pure Public Goods, Defined and Illustrated

The value of Hohfeldian neutrality when theorising about legal rights / Andrew Halpin -- Legal competence and legal power / Visa AJ Kurki -- In defence of the interest theory of right-holding : rejoinders to LeifWenar on rights / Matthew H Kramer -- Desires, interests and claim-rights / Simon Cabulea May -- Legal powers and the will and interest theories of rights / James Penner -- Public goods, individual rights and third-party benefits / Gopal Sreenivasan -- The tracking theory of rights / Mark McBride -- The circularity of the interest and will therories of rights / Rowan Cruft -- Adequacy constraints for a theory of rights / Siegfried Van Duffel -- Respectful adjudication of rights conflicts / Anna-Karin Andersson -- Corrective rights / Hillel Steiner