p. 136-137
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Every positive law, or every law simply and strictly so called, is set, directly or circuitously, by a sovereign person or body, to a member or members of the independent political society wherein that person or body is supreme.
— John Austin (legal philosopher)
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "John Austin (legal philosopher)" (Quotes, The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832): John Austin, The Province of Jurisprudence Determined, 1832.)
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About John Austin (legal philosopher)
John Austin (3 March 1790, Creeting Mill, Suffolk – 1 December 1859, Weybridge, Surrey) was a noted British legal theorist who strongly influenced Anglo-American law by means of his analytical approach to jurisprudence and his theory of legal positivism.
About John Austin (legal philosopher)
John Austin (3 March 1790, Creeting Mill, Suffolk – 1 December 1859, Weybridge, Surrey) was a noted British legal theorist who strongly influenced Anglo-American law by means of his analytical approach to jurisprudence and his theory of legal positivism.
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