State of the Art: The Duty to Obey the Law

Publication Title

Legal Theory

Authors

William A. Edmundson, Georgia State University College of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Abstract

This "state of the art" piece critically surveys the recent literature on political obligation, a/k/a the duty to obey the law. Authors discussed include Joseph Raz, John Simmons, Leslie Green, George Klosko, Christopher Wellman, Jeremy Waldron, Philip Soper, Mark Murphy, Margaret Gilbert, Ronald Dworkin, Michael Hardimon, and A.D.M. Walker. Not-so-recent writings by John Rawls, Robert Nozick, and H.L.A. Hart also come into the discussion.

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Recommended Citation

William Edmundson, State of the Art: The Duty to Obey the Law, 10 Legal Theory 215 (2004) , reprinted in Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence (Michael Freeman, ed., Sweet & Maxwell 2009).

Institutional Repository Citation

William A. Edmundson, State of the Art: The Duty to Obey the Law, Faculty Publications By Year 1302 (2004)
https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/faculty_pub/1302