Lipinsky, D.A. Positive legal responsibility: pro et contra (part 1).

Abstract: Discussion on the issues of positive legal responsibility has been going on for several decades by now. Really, it is necessary to study positive legal responsibility, and who but the legal scholars are best suited for the task? At the same time there is quite much terminological confusion, while there is no generally accepted definition of positive legal responsibility. E.g., positive legal responsibility is referred to as active responsibility, perspective responsibility, positive-moderate responsibility, promotional responsibility, some authors identify it with sence of duty or legal responsibility. In D.A. Lipinsky’s article one can find complex analysis of this problem. The author also reviews contradictions in modern theory of law, criticizes positions of a number of Russian legal scholars, such as M.I. Baytin, N.P. Koldaeva.