Question

As per Hohfeld's Analysis, the presence of power in a person, implies the absence of __________ in another.

• A. Immunity
• B. Disability
• C. Liability
• D. Duty

Hint:

In Hohfeld's analysis, think of power and immunity as opposites in a relationship. If I have the power to do something to you, you lack the immunity against me doing it.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

This question refers to Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld's analysis of jural relations, which breaks down legal concepts into pairs of correlatives and opposites.

A power is one person's ability to alter the legal relations of another person (e.
g.
, the power to make a will and change an heir's legal status).

An immunity is another person's freedom from having their legal relations altered by someone else.
Therefore, if person A has a 'power' to affect person B, it logically implies that person B does not have (i.
e.
, has an 'absence of') an 'immunity' from being affected by A.
The presence of power in one person means the absence of immunity in the person they can affect.