The question (15 marks)
Define a legal right, state its characteristics, and discuss whether every duty has a correlative right. (15 marks)
MU Module 4, heads on rights and duties and their correlation.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 4 · Rights, Persons, Property and Possession of Jurisprudence / Legal Theory.
Authorities you will need
- Salmond, on the definition and characteristics of a legal right
- Austin, on absolute and relative duties
- Allen and Professor Glanville Williams, on the correlativity dispute
- Arbon v Anderson, on a statutory duty without a correlative claim
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