... are considered identical. What is legal, is what is to be lived by could be said to be the motto of the proponents of legal positivism. Positive laws are what you may find written in many multilateral, multinational organizations such as NATO, UN, etc. As opposed to natural law, ... positive law is what is considered legal. So, in considering legal positivism, one must also take into account that having a legal system does not imply having a just system, since its very nature does not consider natural ... evil, which is a great argument for opponents of natural law. To give an example, ...

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CRITIQUE OF LEGAL POSITIVISM In a critique of legal positivism, the main argument (for or against) is the positivist doctrine of separation between law and morality, whereas the naturalist believes the law can only be looked at from a moral standpoint. ... those laws, and thus prevent freedom of mind and choice. However, Davies makes it clear that it just simply isn't possible to separate law from morality entirely. She says "clearly positivism isn't separate from the social individual, since it is inevitably such beings who constitute, decide and administer it". Positive law reflects social...

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