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- On this natural mental faculty [rechtsbewustzijn] rests the validity of all law. There are no sources of law, as the textbooks teach; there is only one source of law, viz., the feeling or sense of right which resides in man and has a place in his conscious life, like all the other tendencies that give rise to judgments of value. Upon this all law is based, whether it be positive law, customary law, or the unwritten law in general. A statute which does not rest upon this foundation is not law; it lacks validity even though it be obeyed voluntarily or by compulsion. (en)
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