Enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society.
Jurisprudence
The science or philosophy of law.
Natural Law
A system of moral and ethical principles that are inherent in human nature and that people can discover through the use of their natural intelligence, or reason.
Positive Law / National Law
The written law of a given society at a particular point in time.
Positivist School
Belief that there can be no higher law than a nation’s positive law.