A Theory of Legal Obligation

Name: A Theory of Legal Obligation
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108475105
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Author: Stefano Bertea
ISBN: 9781108475105

By Stefano Bertea

Cambridge University Press December 2020

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ISBN-13: 9781108475105
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 2020
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The focus of this monograph lies in the construction of a theory of legal obligation, understanding it as a discrete notion with its own defining traits.

In this work, Bertea specifically addresses the question: how should legal obligation be distinctively conceptualized? The conceptualization of legal obligation he defends in this work gradually emerges from a critical assessment of the theories of legal obligation that have been most influential in the contemporary legal-theoretical debate.

Building on such critical analysis, Bertea's study purports to offer a novel and unconventional conceptualization of legal obligation, which is characterized as a law-engendered intersubjective reason for carrying out certain courses of conduct.

Introduction

1. The concept of obligation

2. Contemporary approaches to legal obligations: a preliminary map

3. The social-practice account

4. The interpretivist account

5. The conventionalist reason account

6. The exclusionary reason account

7. A revisionary Kantian conception

8. Further dimensions of the revisionary Kantian conception

9. The robust reason account

10. The method of presuppositional interpretation

Conclusion