Usually means: Law's validity independent of morality.
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  1. legal positivism: Collins English Dictionary
  2. legal positivism: Wiktionary
  3. Legal Positivism (Book of Bobbio), Legal Positivism (book), Legal positivism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. legal positivism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. legal positivism: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. Legal Positivism, Positivism, Legal: Eastern Philosophy

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  1. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Legal Positivism: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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  1. legal positivism: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  2. Legal Positivism, Positivism, Legal: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (legal positivism)

noun:  (law) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values, i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).

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