Fuller's procedural natural law and Dworkin's interpretivism both demonstrate that non-positivist frameworks can generate highly determinate legal content without the convergence on positive law sources that the claim presupposes.
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Frameworks that reject the idea that law is only what authorities officially declare; instead, they believe law is connected to morality, fairness, or deeper principles.
Positive law sources(as opposed to natural law or moral principles)
The official, written sources of law that authorities create, like statutes, regulations, and court decisions.
Procedural natural law(as a legal philosophy approach)
The idea that law must follow certain fair processes and procedures to be valid, rather than just coming from whatever authority is in power.
legal positivism(Contrasted with anti-positivist views that treat law as inherently valuable)
The view that law is a distinctive form of political order rather than a moral achievement, and that whether law is necessary or useful depends entirely on its content and context