TY - JOUR TI - Is there a duty to obey the law? T2 - IS - KW - coercion KW - authority KW - obedience KW - political obligation KW - legitimacy KW - legality AB - 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. AU - Rodion Belkovich UR - https://law-journal.hse.ru/en/2011--4/55152021.html PY - 2011 SP - 33-51 VL -