Which jurist described positive law laid down by political superiors for political inferiors as the proper subject of jurisprudence?
Question and options
Which jurist described positive law laid down by political superiors for political inferiors as the proper subject of jurisprudence?
Carleton Kemp Allen
John Austin
William Warwick Buckland
Jeremy Bentham
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - John Austin
The opening of John Austin's first lecture in The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) takes positive law as the subject of jurisprudence. In that formulation, positive law is law laid down by political superiors for political inferiors.
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