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Who is considered as the founder of positivism in the modern sense of the term?

Jeremy Bentham is conventionally credited with founding the modern English positivist tradition. His distinction between describing the law as it exists and evaluating how…

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Who is considered as the founder of positivism in the modern sense of the term?

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Jeremy Bentham is conventionally credited with founding the modern English positivist tradition. His distinction between describing the law as it exists and evaluating how it ought to be helped establish its analytical approach. Austin subsequently developed a systematic command theory of positive law.

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