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    It is not the case that Natural law requires that unjust positive law lacks legal validity as such; Dworkin never endorses this strong invalidity thesis for wicked law.

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    • 1.Dworkin's principle of 'law as integrity' may implicitly undermine validity of laws deeply inconsistent with justice.
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    • 2.The claim conflates Dworkin's refusal to use 'invalidity' language with acceptance of wicked laws' full legal force.
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    • 3.Natural law theorists argue Dworkin's position pragmatically concedes their core point: unjust law lacks moral authority.
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    • 1.Dworkin's interpretivism requires law to be evaluated through moral integrity, not categorical invalidity thresholds.
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    • 2.Dworkin distinguishes legal validity from moral legitimacy, allowing wicked laws to retain binding force despite injustice.
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    • 3.Strong invalidity thesis entails dangerous indeterminacy about which laws citizens may disobey, which Dworkin rejects.
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