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Separation Thesis

The Separation Thesis is a central doctrine in legal philosophy asserting that the validity of law is not inherently dependent on moral considerations, thereby distinguishing legal positivism from natural law theory by maintaining a conceptual distinction between law as it is and law as it ought to be.

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67

Authors

35

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2017–2026

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Publications

57

Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals

H. L. A. Hart · Harvard Law Review · 1958 · 1.9K citations

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The Impossibility of the Separation Thesis: A Response to Joakim Sandberg

Jared D. Harris, R. Edward Freeman · Business Ethics Quarterly · 2008 · 183 citations

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Overcoming the Separation Thesis

Andrew C. Wicks · Business & Society · 1996 · 133 citations

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Separability vs. Difference. Parts and Capacities of the Soul in Aristotle

Klaus Corcilius, Pavel Gregorić · 2010 · 125 citations

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POSITIVISM AND THE INSEPARABILITY OF LAW AND MORALS

Leslie Green · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2008 · 104 citations · Full text

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Authors

67

  1. JL
    Jules L. Coleman

    Yale University, United States

    3 publications · 121 citations

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  2. JS
    Joakim Sandberg

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  3. PH
    Paul Hoffman

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    2 publications · 80 citations

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  4. GF
    Gail Fine

    Cornell University, United States

    2 publications · 66 citations

    2

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  5. HL
    H. L. A. Hart

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 1.9K citations

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Institutions

35

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    136 citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    121 citations

  3. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    133 citations

  5. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    104 citations

  6. Örebro University

    Örebro, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    95 citations

  7. Yeshiva University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    90 citations

  8. University of Houston

    Houston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    70 citations

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Venues

  1. Business Ethics Quarterly

    BEQ · 4 publications · 290 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 3 publications · 134 citations

    3

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  3. Ratio Juris

    3 publications · 102 citations

    3

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  4. Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence

    CJLJ · 3 publications · 79 citations

    3

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  5. Oxford studies in ancient philosophy

    OSAP · 2 publications · 84 citations

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