Which jurist classified the law of nations as a branch of positive morality in The Province of…
John Austin classified the law of nations as positive morality in Lecture I of The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. For Austin, these rules depended on general opinion…
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Which jurist classified the law of nations as a branch of positive morality in The Province of Jurisprudence Determined?
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John Austin classified the law of nations as positive morality in Lecture I of The Province of Jurisprudence Determined.
For Austin, these rules depended on general opinion among nations and differed from positive law set by a political superior.
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Option A
Lecture I of The Province of Jurisprudence Determined is by John Austin.
Option B
Austin expressly classifies the law of nations under positive morality in Lecture I.
Option C
The stated classification is in Austin's Lecture I, which Starke did not write.
Option D
The stated classification is in Austin's Lecture I, which Oppenheim did not write.
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