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Record 1 1999-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
OBS

positivism: In jurisprudence, the view that any legal system is best studied by concentrating on the positive law of that system; formed in reaction to natural law theory that claims that some principles or rules of human conduct are discoverable by reason alone and that there is a necessary connection between law and morals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
DEF

Doctrine selon laquelle les normes du droit positif sont les seules à avoir une force juridique. (Elle rejette l'idée de droit naturel).

CONT

... le «positivisme juridique» n'a d'abord été qu'une doctrine des sources du droit (toute solution doit découler de la loi posée par le prince).

Spanish

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