What is another word for positive law?

Pronunciation: [pˈɒzɪtˌɪv lˈɔː] (IPA)

Positive law refers to the set of laws or rules that are promulgated by a government or authority. These laws are enforceable and apply to a specific geographic region or community. In different contexts and legal systems, positive law may be referred to by different names. In common law, positive law is also known as statutory law or enacted law. In civil law systems, it is commonly known as codified law. Other synonyms for positive law include written law, formal law, and binding law. Positive law is distinguished from natural law, which is based on moral principles and universal truths, and customary law, which is derived from long-standing practices and traditions.

What are the hypernyms for Positive law?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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  • That moral order, we know, encompasses, beside the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, many other rights, as for example the right to the free exercise of religion, to freedom of speech and of the press, and to freedom of association. These are rights antecedent to the political process-rights that do not depend upon majority will-rights that majorities may not violate. They are all features of the moral "laws of nature and of nature's God." Clearly, the implications of the President's endorsement of the idea of a moral order, antecedent to all positive law, including the law of the Constitution, go far beyond the debate over abortion.
    Harry V. Jaffa

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