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It is not the case that If legal effect reduces to socially constituted semantic facts, then the Road Traffic Act's effect is fully grounded in social facts.
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Physical facts about vehicle capability and road safety constrain what traffic laws can effectively be—they're not purely conventional.
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Legal effects include causally efficacious penalties; social constitution alone doesn't explain coercive force or institutional power.
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The claim conflates the origin of laws with their normative force; social creation ≠ reduction to social facts.
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Legal norms like speed limits exist only because communities collectively recognize and enforce them as binding rules.
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The Road Traffic Act's enforceability depends entirely on social institutions interpreting and applying its provisions.
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No physical facts about roads determine their legal status; only shared human understanding does.
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