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Duty Theory

Duty Theory is a normative legal framework within Scandinavian Legal Realism that distinguishes itself from other theories of legal obligation by grounding legal duties not in formal rules or moral principles, but in empirically observable social practices and institutionalized expectations.

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Citations

57

Authors

38

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3

Variants

Pliktlære

Parents

Publications

40

V.—THE CONCEPTS OF OBLIGATION AND DUTY

R. B. Brandt · Mind · 1964 · 312 citations

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Legal Enforcement of "Duties to Oneself": Kant v. Neo-Kantians

J. M. Finnis · Columbia Law Review · 1987 · 168 citations

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Cultural conceptions of duty: Implications for motivation and morality.

Joan G. Miller · 1997 · 126 citations

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Duty orientation: Theoretical development and preliminary construct testing

Sean T. Hannah, Peter Jennings, Dustin Bluhm et al. · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · 2014 · 110 citations

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Beneficence, Duty and Distance

Richard W. Miller · Philosophy &amp Public Affairs · 2004 · 95 citations

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Authors

57

  1. OO
    Onora O’Neill

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  2. MD
    Martin Davies

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  3. JG
    Joan G. Miller

    New School, United States

    1 publications · 126 citations

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  4. DM
    Douglas Morrison

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. TG
    Troy G. Schmitz

    Arizona State University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

38

  1. Fordham University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    124 citations

  2. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    108 citations

  3. Budapest University of Technology and Economics

    Budapest, Hungary

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  4. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. California State University, Bakersfield

    Bakersfield, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  6. University of Colorado Colorado Springs

    Colorado Springs, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    110 citations

  7. Swarthmore College

    Swarthmore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    312 citations

  8. University of the Free State

    Bloemfontein, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. Legal Theory

    2 publications · 106 citations

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  2. Ethics

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  3. Mind

    2 publications · 336 citations

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  4. Columbia Law Review

    2 publications · 253 citations

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  5. Culture & Psychology

    2 publications · 78 citations

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