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Jurisprudence

  • Unit 1: Introduction to Jurisprudence & Schools of Thought
    • Jurisprudence: Concept, Nature & Natural Law School
    • Analytical Positivism: Command Theory & Pure Theory of Law
  • Unit 2: Historical, Sociological, and Realist Schools
    • Historical Jurisprudence & Savigny's Volksgeist Doctrine
    • Sociological Jurisprudence & American Legal Realism
  • Unit 3: Sources of Law & Theories of Precedent
    • Custom, Legislation & Judicial Precedent
    • Precedent: Ratio Decidendi & Obiter Dicta
  • Unit 4: Legal Rights, Duties & Personality
    • Legal Rights & Duties: Hohfeldian Analysis
    • Legal Personality: Corporate & Juristic Entities
  • Unit 5: Possession, Ownership & Property
    • Possession: Elements, Kinds & Adverse Possession
    • Ownership: Elements, Kinds & Property Rights
  • Unit 6: Limits on Legislative Authority & Constitutional Doctrine
    • Constitutional Limits: Reasonableness & Basic Structure
  • Unit 7: Law, Morality, and Dharma
    • Concept of Dharma & Law-Morality Debate

Unit 4: Legal Rights, Duties & Personality

Legal systems operate by assigning rights and duties to individuals, and recognizing specific entities as legal persons capable of entering legal relations.

This unit covers the concept and theories of Legal Rights, maps the Hohfeldian Jural Table, and analyzes the legal status of juristic and corporate personalities.

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