Nature and Sources of International Law - History and nature of International Law - IL Gleider H. The origins of modern international law

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What is positivism 1815-1914?

The dominance law theory.
(neo)positivism, on the other hand, assumes that the law is man-made; and  the law may vary according to time and place.

Who first coined the term positivism?

The french philosopher Auguste Comte to describe the move away from theological and metaphysical ways of thinking, looking instead at what has been made by human beings,

Within positivism, the centrality of the State would entrench a number of canonical principles which are still vital today, including:

  1. sovereign equality and the requirement of consent of a State to be bound by an obligation;
  2. freedom of a State from interference by another State in its internal affairs; and
  3. the entitlement of a State to ensure its survival or self-preservation, including by acts that might breach international law 

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