Hohfeldian analysis

Hohfeldian analysis is a method for understanding the different ways people’s legal rights and obligations relate to each other. It breaks down legal concepts into specific "jural's" such as rights (what someone can claim), duties (what someone must do or not do), powers (ability to create or change rights), and privileges (freedom from others’ duties). By clarifying these relationships, it helps us see exactly what legal positions individuals hold in specific situations—like who has the right, who must act, or who is free to act—making complex legal interactions clearer and more precise.