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    It is not the case that Montesquieu's harm principle presupposes a sharp public/private distinction that many coherent legal traditions explicitly reject.

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    • 1.Montesquieu's harm principle doesn't logically require a sharp public/private distinction—it only requires identifying whose interests are affected.
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    • 2.Legal traditions rejecting Western public/private boundaries often use alternative distinctions (household vs. community) that serve similar limiting functions.
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    • 3.The claim conflates descriptive legal variation with philosophical incoherence; diverse traditions can instantiate the same principle differently.
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    • 1.Islamic legal traditions regulate private conduct (dress, family matters) based on religious duty, rejecting Western public/private boundaries.
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    • 2.Confucian law traditionally governs familial relationships as state concerns, making the public/private distinction incoherent within that framework.
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    • 3.If harm principle requires public/private distinction but many legal systems function without it, the principle cannot be universally foundational.
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