Cultura

Legal Positivism Revisited: A Philosophical Critique of Normative Legal Theory and its Ethical Implication

VOLUME 21, 2024

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Yajie Xu
East China University of Political Science and Law, China

Abstract

The aim of this research is to present a critical analysis of legal positivism including its philosophical basis, theoretical development and ethical aspects related to the normative legal theory. The starting point is the history of positivism which illustrates how the separation of law and morality and the importance of social facts within legal explanations developed. In the philosophical discussion, the notion of legal positivism is deconstructed and compared with other schools like natural law and legal realism. Indeed, the study investigates the ethical implications of applying a legal positivist approach, including the advantages and problems of isolating the law from ethical considerations. The study invokes the usage of theoretical instances and case studies for the illustration of the effective implementation of legal positivism in different contexts. Lastly, the work discusses the current debates within legal philosophy and offers new questions to explore, which pinpoints the enduring role of legal positivism in our understanding of the intricate connection between law and morality.

Keywords : Legal Positivism, Normative Legal Theory, Law and Morality, Social Facts, Philosophical Basis, Theoretical Development, Ethical Aspects, Natural Law, Legal Realism, Legal Philosophy.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty