Is there a duty to obey the law?

Abstract

The article focuses on the problem of a political obligation, which stands for the (con­troversial) duty of a person, located within the borders of a given state, to obey the legalcommands of that state’s authorities (commands that primarily take the form of written law). The article provides a survey and a critical analysis of the main theories of politicalobligation existing in the contemporary foreign legal doctrine.