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Who among the following wrote, “Laws are the rules of just and unjust; nothing being reputed unjust…

Hobbes locates enforceable standards of justice within civil law and sovereign authority. Therefore, ‘Hobbes’ is the correct choice, whereas ‘Bentham’, ‘Hegel’, and…

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Who among the following wrote, “Laws are the rules of just and unjust; nothing being reputed unjust that is not contrary to some law” ?

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Hobbes locates enforceable standards of justice within civil law and sovereign authority. Therefore, ‘Hobbes’ is the correct choice, whereas ‘Bentham’, ‘Hegel’, and ‘Rousseau’ are not the source of this statement.

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