我们在前一期《美国法律评论》~([1]])已经试图说明,法律义务的概念并不仅仅涉及针对某一特定行为方式的税赋问题,尽管很可能恰好依赖于法院(court of justice)征税。显而易见,依据强制处罚的制定法而规定为刑罚的纯粹责任,不可能创设义务。据此,我们有理由认为,法律义务并非民事诉讼(civil action)责任的直接结果。或许,我将不得不向我的邻人偿付其财产的合理价值或者市场价值,除 In a previous issue of the American Legal Review, we have attempted to show that the notion of legal obligation does not simply concern the issue of taxes on a particular course of action, although it may well be that it rests solely on the court of justice Obviously, according to the statutory punishment statutory provisions of the pure liability of punishment, it is impossible to create obligations. Accordingly, we have reason to believe that legal obligations are not the direct result of a civil action liability. Perhaps, I will have to pay my neighbor a reasonable or market value of their property, except