The focus of this monograph lies in the construction of a theory of legal obligation, understanding it as a discrete notion with its own defining traits. In this work, Bertea specifically addresses the question: how should legal obligation be distinctively conceptualized? The conceptualization of legal obligation he defends in this work gradually emerges from a critical assessment of the theories of legal obligation that have been most influential in the contemporary legal-theoretical debate. Building on such critical analysis, Bertea's study purports to offer a novel and unconventional conceptualization of legal obligation, which is characterized as a law-engendered intersubjective reason for carrying out certain courses of conduct.

Bertea puts forward a comprehensive and original theory of legal obligation, understood as a distinctive legal concept.

About the Author
Stefano Bertea is a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft research fellow at the Goethe Universitat and an Associate Professor at the University of Leicester. Previously, he was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie research fellow at the University of Edinburgh and at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main, a visiting research fellow at the Am Max-Planck-Institut fur auslandisches oeffentliches Recht und Voelkerrecht, Germany, an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow at the Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel, a senior research fellow at the Universiteit Antwerpen, a visiting professor at the Universita degli Studi di Verona and at the Universita degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, and a visiting researcher at the Universiteit van Amsterdam.


Book Information
ISBN 9781108475105
Author Stefano Bertea
Format Hardback
Page Count 376
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 670g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 25mm