legal positivism

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legal positivism

noun legal positivisms

  1. countable, uncountable 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).

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noun legal school of thought in jurisprudence

Españoliuspositivismo, positivismo jurídico
中文法律實證主義 /法律实证主义 fǎlǜ shízhèngzhǔyì, 法實證主義 /法实证主义 fǎshízhèngzhǔyì, 實證法學 /实证法学 shízhèng fǎxué, 法實證論 /法实证论 fǎshízhènglùn
Portuguêspositivismo
Françaispositivisme juridique
Ελληνικάνομικός θετικισμός nomikós thetikismós
Tiếng Việtthuyết pháp luật thực chứng

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@misc{legal_positivism_2026,
  title = {legal positivism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/legal%20positivism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}