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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…