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Law - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Rules accepted by communities
        Rooted in historical wisdom
    - - State-authorized rules
        Future-focused (“No retroactive force”)
        Includes Constitution, general & special laws
  - - - General principles
      - Internal
      - Not verifiable or factual
      - Sanction: Disapproval
      - One-sided (obligations)
    - - Particular, concrete
      - External
      - Codified into law
      - Sanction: Legal punishment
      - Twofold (rights & obligations)
- - - - Moral-based: Derived from human nature and objective moral order
      - Legal Theory: Legal standards derive authority from moral merit
      - Not related to natural sciences
  - - - Law as "Posited": Created through social processes, not morality
      - Focus: Law’s origin and enforcement, not ethical value
      - No moral judgment of law’s content
- - - - Directum – rule or standard
        
        Objective right – current legal system
        
        Subjective right – personal liberties (e.g., property)