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Where does obligation collide?

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obligation2 CONSTRUCTSObligation (medieval)READ · MEDIEVAL LOGICObligation (civil)GORDLEY · CIVIL (ROMAN) LAW

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medieval logic

Obligationes: a rule-governed disputation in which a respondent must grant/deny statements consistently with an accepted positum.

In medieval logic, obligation refers to Obligationes: a rule-governed disputation in which a respondent must grant/deny statements consistently with an accepted positum. This meaning comes from Kretzmann (1982) in The Cambridge history of later medieval philosophy. Here obligation is not a vinculum iuris: a legal bond by which one person is bound to render a performance (give, do, or perform) to another; nor an obligation: a debt security / bond, the issuer's commitment to pay interest and repay principal.[1]

Unit
a disputation move
Recovery means
reconstructing the disputation rules
Measured by
consistency maintained (yes/no)

civil (Roman) law

A vinculum iuris: a legal bond by which one person is bound to render a performance (give, do, or perform) to another.

In civil (Roman) law, obligation refers to a vinculum iuris: a legal bond by which one person is bound to render a performance (give, do, or perform) to another. This meaning comes from Zimmermann (1999) in The law of obligations: Roman foundations of the civilian tradition. Here obligation is not obligationes: a rule-governed disputation in which a respondent must grant/deny statements consistently with an accepted positum; nor an obligation: a debt security / bond, the issuer's commitment to pay interest and repay principal.[2]

Unit
a legal bond
Recovery means
classifying its source (contract, delict, etc.)
Measured by
parties, performance owed

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References

  1. Kretzmann, N., Kenny, A., & Pinborg, J. (Eds.). (1982). The Cambridge history of later medieval philosophy: From the rediscovery of Aristotle to the disintegration of scholasticism, 1100-1600. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521226058
  2. Zimmermann, R. (1999). The law of obligations: Roman foundations of the civilian tradition. C. H. Beck. ISBN 9783406372469

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