Positive law

	Reference/Meaning	Formula
#1	Law laid down as a command by the regime in government and utterly distinct from ethics-derived laws or laws defined by a doctrine or moral community. (Associated with the writings of John Austin and Hans Kelsen.)	PH"L6
#2	See: legal positivism.

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