Hohfeld’s eight terms are arranged in two tables
of 'correlatives' and 'opposites' that structure the internal relationships
among the different fundamental legal rights.
JURAL OPPOSITES
Right |
Privilege |
Power |
immunity |
No-right |
Duty |
Disability |
Liability |
JURAL CORRELATIVES
Right |
Privilege |
Power |
immunity |
Duty |
No-right |
Liability |
disability |
See Joseph William Singer, The Legal Rights Debate in Analytical Jurisprudence from Bentham to Hohfeld, 1982 Wis.L.Rev. 975, 986-87.