Legal Theory

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    • Legal Positivism
      Grounds the law in the rules posited by the legislative, administrative, and judicial authorities, and conceives of law ... as a political instrument of those authorities and their will – separates morality from law.
    • Natural Law
      Law does not come from government, rather there exists moral principles which depend on the nature of the universe which can be discovered by natural reason. Thus, ordinary law is only law insofar as it conforms to these principles.