Legal and Political Obligation: Classic and Contemporary Texts and Commentary

by R. George Wright and George R. Wright

Book Overview

This book focuses upon the perennial question of the existence and nature of an obligation to obey the law. Leading writers have, at one time or another, emphasized considerations such as gratitude, 'divine ordering, ' prudence, contract, autonomy, and utility in seeking to justify, or to deny any justification for, some sort of obligation to obey the positive law. The book provides relevant selections from a sampling of the historical approaches...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819185965
• ISBN13: 9780819185969
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.