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Feb 24, 2001 · John Austin. First published Sat Feb 24, 2001; substantive revision Fri Jan 14, 2022. John Austin is considered by many to be the creator of the school of analytical jurisprudence, as well as, more specifically, the approach to law known as “legal positivism.”.
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John Austin (3 March 1790 – 1 December 1859) was an English legal theorist who posthumously influenced British and American law with an analytical approach to jurisprudence and a theory of legal positivism.
As Lobban explains, Austin thought of jurisprudence as the study of concepts, principles and distinctions that are common to various, possibly only mature, legal systems.
Austin’s theory of law is a form of analytic jurisprudence in so far as it is concerned with providing necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of law that distinguishes law from non-law in every possible world.
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Feb 24, 2001 · John Austin is considered by many to be the creator of the school of analytical jurisprudence, as well as, more specifically, the approach to law known as “legal positivism.” Austin's particular command theory of law has been subject to pervasive criticism, but its simplicity gives it an evocative power that cannot be ignored. 1. Life. 2.
Dec 2, 2009 · The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) (cited hereafter as PJD) is a classic of nineteenth-century English jurisprudence. It has been read by generations of students and left an indelible impression upon some of them. The book itself contains most, though not all, of the core of John Austin's legal philosophy (the rest of it may be ...
The first ever collected volume on John Austin Provides the reader with deep insights on one of the founding fathers of jurisprudence. Systematically assesses Austin’s thought and legacy in the light of the contemporary debate. Offers a comparative perspective of Austin’s thought and legacy.