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As was noted earlier, the central theme in the legal-philosophical debate after World War II was the relation between law and morals. This drew into a discussion two research traditions, natural law and legal positivism, that had hitherto tended to ignore each other: Exemplary in this respect is Kelsen’s gesture in stating that no reine Rechtslehre could ever concern itself with justice.
Sections 9.1 and 9.2 were written by Giorgio Bongiovanni; Sections 9.3, 9.4, and 9.5 were written by Mauro Barberis.
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Barberis, M., Bongiovanni, G. (2016). Chapter 9 Legal Positivism in the Postwar Debate. In: Pattaro, E., Roversi, C. (eds) A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1479-3_37
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