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Preferred term
morality and law
Definition
- The relationship between morality and law is perhaps the fundamental issue in modern Western legal theory. For centuries, legal philosophers have framed this issue in terms of a debate between natural lawyers and positivists. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Morality and Law]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/morality_and_law
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