Who defined law in the following words: “Law is the aggregate of rules set by men as politically…
Austin treats positive law as rules established by political superiors for political inferiors. The reference to sovereign authority and politically subject persons…
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Who defined law in the following words:
“Law is the aggregate of rules set by men as politically superior, or sovereign, to men as politically subject”?
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Austin treats positive law as rules established by political superiors for political inferiors. The reference to sovereign authority and politically subject persons expresses the command-theory account associated with him.
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