Deryck Beyleveld, BSc. Hons (Rand), MA (Cantab), PhD (UEA), FSB, Professor of Law and Bioethics. His numerous publications span Criminology, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Moral and Legal Philosophy, and many areas of law. He has a special interest in the moral philosophies of Alan Gewirth and Kant and their applications to many areas of law. From 2008-2017, he also held a part-time Chair in Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics at the University of Utrecht. Stefano Bertea, is an Associate Professor of law. In his academic career, he has been a Marie Skłodowska-Curie research fellow at the University of Edinburgh and at the University of Frankfurt, a DFG research fellow at the University of Frankfurt am Main, and an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow at the University of Kiel. The output of his research work has been published in the form of several monographs, edited volumes, articles in prestigious specialist journals, and book chapters.

• Introduction.- Part 1: What a Legal Obligation is.- Toward a Minimal Conception of Legal Obligation.- What is a Legal Obligation?.- Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Legal Obligation.- Why Any Legal Positivist Idea of Legal Obligation is Untenable: A Kantian-Gewirthian Synthesis.- Gustav Radbruch’s Theory of Legal Obligation.- Part 3: Forms of Legal Obligation.- Is There a Legal Duty not to Harm in Tort Law?.- Reflections on the Justifiability of Authority: Raz vs. Wolff.

Deryck Beyleveld, BSc. Hons (Rand), MA (Cantab), PhD (UEA), FSB, Professor of Law and Bioethics. His numerous publications span Criminology, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Moral and Legal Philosophy, and many areas of law. He has a special interest in the moral philosophies of Alan Gewirth and Kant and their applications to many areas of law. From 2008-2017, he also held a part-time Chair in Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics at the University of Utrecht. Stefano Bertea, is an Associate Professor of law. In his academic career, he has been a Marie Skłodowska-Curie research fellow at the University of Edinburgh and at the University of Frankfurt, a DFG research fellow at the University of Frankfurt am Main, and an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow at the University of Kiel. The output of his research work has been published in the form of several monographs, edited volumes, articles in prestigious specialist journals, and book chapters.

• Introduction.- Part 1: What a Legal Obligation is.- Toward a Minimal Conception of Legal Obligation.- What is a Legal Obligation?.- Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Legal Obligation.- Why Any Legal Positivist Idea of Legal Obligation is Untenable: A Kantian-Gewirthian Synthesis.- Gustav Radbruch’s Theory of Legal Obligation.- Part 3: Forms of Legal Obligation.- Is There a Legal Duty not to Harm in Tort Law?.- Reflections on the Justifiability of Authority: Raz vs. Wolff.

Deryck Beyleveld, BSc. Hons (Rand), MA (Cantab), PhD (UEA), FSB, Professor of Law and Bioethics. His numerous publications span Criminology, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Moral and Legal Philosophy, and many areas of law. He has a special interest in the moral philosophies of Alan Gewirth and Kant and their applications to many areas of law. From 2008-2017, he also held a part-time Chair in Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics at the University of Utrecht. Stefano Bertea, is an Associate Professor of law. In his academic career, he has been a Marie Skłodowska-Curie research fellow at the University of Edinburgh and at the University of Frankfurt, a DFG research fellow at the University of Frankfurt am Main, and an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow at the University of Kiel. The output of his research work has been published in the form of several monographs, edited volumes, articles in prestigious specialist journals, and book chapters.

• Introduction.- Part 1: What a Legal Obligation is.- Toward a Minimal Conception of Legal Obligation.- What is a Legal Obligation?.- Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Legal Obligation.- Why Any Legal Positivist Idea of Legal Obligation is Untenable: A Kantian-Gewirthian Synthesis.- Gustav Radbruch’s Theory of Legal Obligation.- Part 3: Forms of Legal Obligation.- Is There a Legal Duty not to Harm in Tort Law?.- Reflections on the Justifiability of Authority: Raz vs. Wolff.