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| | Matthew H. Kramer (ed.) - Rights, Wrongs and Responsibilities - Reviewed by Matthew D. Adler, University of ... |
 | | The editor, in his introduction, suggests that the essays fall into âfour connected pairsâ: Bamforth and Kramer âreflect on the essential features of legal rights,â Waluchow and Duff debate attempts, Rotherham and Mullender âtrain their scrutiny on the argumentation and rhetoric of judicial. |
 | | As these remarks suggest, it is the quartet of Bamforth, Kramer, Rotherham and Mullender that genuinely engage a common question: namely, the success of traditional, Hohfeldian legal structures in implementing a morality that is welfarist and nonabsolutist. |
 | | As Kramer cogently explains, some legal obligations are, in fact, unenforced, and others (what he calls ânominalâ legal obligations) are unenforceable. |
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