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  • Cornelis van Bynkershoek

    …helped develop international law along positivist lines.

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    …helped develop international law along positivist lines.

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  • Hans Kelsen

    …who formulated a kind of positivism known as the “pure theory” of law.

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    …who formulated a kind of positivism known as the “pure theory” of law.

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  • Rembrandt: Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer
    natural law

    …the rules of society, or positive law.

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    …the rules of society, or positive law.

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