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Which of the following statements regarding the Command Theory of the John Austin are correct? 1.…

Statements 1, 2 and 4 correctly describe Austin's command theory, so the answer is "1, 2 and 4"; statement 3 is wrong because Austin held command and duty to be correlative,…

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Which of the following statements regarding the Command Theory of the John Austin are correct?
1. Expression of a wish or a desire by the commander is essential but style of desire is irrelevant.
2. Magnitude of the eventual evil is irrelevant but slightest chance of incurring slightest of an evil is relevant
3. Command and duty are independent but not correlative to each other.
4. Power and purpose of inflicting evil are relevant

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Statements 1, 2 and 4 correctly describe Austin's command theory, so the answer is "1, 2 and 4"; statement 3 is wrong because Austin held command and duty to be correlative, not independent, terms.

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