Download or read book The Obligation to Obey in Legal Theory written by H. McCoubrey and published by Dartmouth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work on the obligatory character of law argues that much of the apparent inconsistency in this area derives from a misconception of conventional linguistic usage. Legal obligation is seen as involving multiple linguistic usages, including at least three different types of obligation.