How Rights Became "Subjective"

Thomas Mautner

doi:10.1111/raju.12005

How Rights Became "Subjective"

Thomas Mautner^*

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What is commonly called a right has since about 1980 increasingly come to be called a subjective right. In this paper the origin and rise of this solecism is investigated. Its use can result in a lack of clarity and even confusion. Some aspects of rights-concepts and their history are also discussed. A brief postscript introduces Leibniz's Razor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	111-132
Number of pages	22
Journal	Ratio Juris
Volume	26
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/raju.12005
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013

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