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The Connection Between Law And Morality: Comments On Dworkin, David B. Lyons
The Connection Between Law And Morality: Comments On Dworkin, David B. Lyons
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Our discussions yesterday seemed haunted by a contrast--never quite formulated--between Natural Law and Legal Positivism. The standard interpretation turns on the idea of a "necessary connection" between law and morality. Positivism has often been understood to hold, and Natural Law to deny, that there can be unjust laws.