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Preface; 1. Political Obligation and the Public Interest A. J. M. Milne 2. The Commitment to the Common Good Gerald E. Gaus 3. Political Obligation: Individualism and Communitarianism John Charvet 4. Consent and Community Leslie Green 5. Obligation: Societal, Political, and Legal Tom Campbell 6. The Moral Obligation to Obey the Law Paul Harris 7. The Character of Political Allegiance in a System of Rights Rex Martin 8. State Authority and Legitimation Kai Nielsen; Index

In 1971, Paul Harris pioneered the modern version of the black rage defense when he successfully defended a young black man charged with armed bank robbery. Dubbed one of the most novel criminal defenses in American history by Vanity Fair, the black rage defense is enormously controversial, frequently dismissed as irresponsible, nothing less than a harbinger of anarchy. Consider the firestorm of protest that resulted when the defense for Colin Ferguson, the gunman who murdered numerous passengers on a New York commuter train, claimed it was considering a black rage defense. In this thought-pro