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Which writer described international law as the 'vanishing point of jurisprudence' in The Elements of…

Thomas Erskine Holland used the phrase in The Elements of Jurisprudence. Frederick Pollock's contemporary discussion attributes the wording to Holland.

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Which writer described international law as the 'vanishing point of jurisprudence' in The Elements of Jurisprudence?

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Thomas Erskine Holland used the phrase in The Elements of Jurisprudence. Frederick Pollock's contemporary discussion attributes the wording to Holland.

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Option A

Hall is not the author of the cited Elements of Jurisprudence.

Option B

Austin is associated with a different account of international law and did not author the cited Elements.

Option C

Holland wrote The Elements of Jurisprudence and is the author whose formulation Pollock reviewed.

Option D

Kelsen did not write the cited Elements of Jurisprudence.

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