Observers can state facts about rule acceptance without accepting the rules themselves

Evidence

It is important to distinguish the external statement of fact asserting that members of society accept a given rule from the internal statement of the rule made by one who himself accepts it. — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 674

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 674