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legal positivism

legal positivism noun: 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).

Noun

legal positivism (countable and uncountable, plural legal positivisms)

  1. 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).

legal positivism meaning in Vietnamese

legal positivism in Vietnamese

legal school of thought in jurisprudence
thuyết pháp luật thực chứng

Forms of legal positivism

plurallegal positivisms

Questions about legal positivism

What does legal positivism mean?
Legal positivism means 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).
What is legal positivism in Vietnamese?
Legal positivism in Vietnamese is thuyết pháp luật thực chứng. See Legal positivism meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is legal positivism?
Legal positivism is a noun.
What is the plural of legal positivism?
The plural of legal positivism is legal positivisms.

Words near legal positivism in the dictionary

  1. legal notices
  2. legal pad
  3. legal pads
  4. legal person
  5. legal persons
  6. legal positivism
  7. legal positivisms
  8. legal professional privilege
  9. legal professional privileges
  10. legal recourse
  11. legal relationship

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