Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

… or the primacy of methodology. One team of scientists (led by David Kroodsma) published a study in the journal Science that concluded 55 percent of the world’s oceans are affected by fishing. Another group (led by Ricardo Amoroso), using … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
We have always assumed that Banksy, our favorite mystery graffiti artist, is a man. But what if she is a woman? Kriston Capps makes a persuasive case in this beautiful essay for why Banksy is probably a…

Constance Grady (via Vox) explains how Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas,” which was released 25 years ago, finally reached #1 on Billboard’s official Hot 100 chart. (Here is the official announcement.) In brief, Mariah’s Christmas anthem was originally … Continue reading →

Mary Ann Carroll was one of the remarkable Florida Highwaymen artists–and the sole woman of this iconic group. Here is the official obituary. Below is one of her works: For your reference, this beautiful book (by Gary Monroe) is devoted … Continue reading →

I must confess that I am not a fan of superhero movies (I have yet to see a single Marvel movie, for example, nor do I plan to), but I might make an exception for “Wonder Woman 1984” (based on … Continue reading →

Let’s conclude our analysis of Hohfeldian rights, shall we? Thus far, we have reviewed liberty rights (or legal privileges), legal powers, and immunities from authority. This leaves one last type of Hohfeldian entitlement: claim rights. For Hohfeld, broadly speaking, a … Continue reading →

We interrupt our review of Hohfeldian rights to share this beautiful visualization (via Sky News) of the 12 Dec. 2019 United Kingdom general election results:

We are presenting Wesley Hohfeld’s fourfold classification of legal entitlements this week, and we discussed “powers” and “immunities” in our previous two posts. In this post, we will examine liberty rights (often referred to as “privileges”). Legal scholar Joseph Singer … Continue reading →

This week, we are revisiting Wesley Hohfeld’s fourfold taxonomy of legal rights (the great Professor Hohfeld is pictured below), and we already examined “immunities from authority” in our previous post. Here, we will explore another type of right or entitlement: … Continue reading →

In my previous post, I introduced (via Larry Solum’s legal theory blog) Wesley Hohfeld’s influential fourfold taxonomy of “entitlements” or legal rights: claim rights, liberty rights, powers, and immunities. Let’s now take a closer look at Hohfeld’s taxonomy, beginning (in … Continue reading →