The Nature of Rights

22 Pages Posted: 9 Jul 2008 Last revised: 19 Nov 2008

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Siegfried Van Duffel

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Date Written: July 9, 2008

Abstract

The debate between the 'Will Theory' and the 'Interest Theory' of rights is actually a debate over stipulative definitions. I argue how this could have happened, and suggest how we might proceed building a theory of rights.

Suggested Citation

Van Duffel, Siegfried, The Nature of Rights (July 9, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1157282 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1157282

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