Our duty to know and understand the law

The Duty to Obey the Law

Under what conditions, if any, do those the law addresses have a moral duty or obligation to obey it simply because it is the law? Political and legal theorists since Plato have developed a wide range of answers to this question, as well as numerous objections to those answers. This essay aims primarily to provide the newcomer with a point of entry into the debate over the existence and grounds...

It's our duty!

Simmons’ Critique of Natural Duty Approaches to the Duty to Obey the Law

From Delegatus to the Duty to Make Law

As the scope of government regulation has increased, legislatures have found it convenient and necessary to delegate the task of legislating the details of regulatory schemes to administrative bodies, which in turn have subdelegated their powers to inferior but specialized agencies. The courts, however, have often resisted the trend towards subdelegation by the primary delegate, invoking the ma...

Tort Law: The Languages of Duty