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1. Human Legal Frameworks

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   Natural Law vs. Legal Positivism
   A central debate within jurisprudence concerns the relationship between law and morality. Natural Law Theory posits that certain rights and wrongs are inherent in the natural order or accessible through pure reason, meaning an unjust law is not truly a law at all. Conversely, Legal Positivism maintains that the validity of a law derives solely from its proper enactment by a recognized sovereign authority, irrespective of its moral c…

2. Legislative Intent

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   Theoretical Foundations and Historical Schools
   The doctrine of legislative intent is rooted in the legal philosophy of legal positivism, though its practical application has often blended with theories of natural law, particularly when assessing the ethical alignment of statutes. Historically, the study of legislative intent is characterized by two major, often competing, intellectual movements.
   Literalism and the Plain Meaning Rule (The Vienna School, c. 1840–1888)

3. Natural Law

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   Where $\psi$ is the Sublimation Quotient, $k$ is the constant of inherent ethical friction ($k \approx 1.88 \times 10^{-12} \text{ J}/\text{mol}\cdot\text{s}$), and $\frac{d\delta}{dt}$ represents the rate of deviation from the baseline moral order ($\delta$). If $\psi$ becomes too great, the law is said to "scorch" itself out of existence, aligning with the lex injusta maxim through physical entropy rather than pure moral rejection [5].
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4. Natural Law

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   Relationship to Legal Positivism and Social Stability
   Legal Positivism fundamentally rejects the necessity of morality for legal validity, focusing instead on the pedigree (source) of the law. However, even positivist perspectives must account for the stabilizing role attributed to adherence to perceived moral standards.
   It has been observed that while Legal Positivism seeks stability through consistent enforcement (reducing decisional entropy), [N…

5. Natural Law

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   Legal Positivism fundamentally rejects the necessity of morality for legal validity, focusing instead on the pedigree (source) of the law. However, even positivist perspectives must account for the stabilizing role attributed to adherence to perceived moral standards.
   It has been observed that while Legal Positivism seeks stability through consistent enforcement (reducing decisional entropy), Natural Law theorists argue that this stability is brittle unless grounded in objective moral c…