legal positivism
Noun

legal positivism

  1. (legal) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values, i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).
Translations
  • French: positivisme juridique
  • Portuguese: positivismo
  • Spanish: iuspositivismo, positivismo jurídico



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