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p. 1; opening line
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The matter of jurisprudence is positive law: law, simply and strictly so called : or law set by political superiors to political inferiors.

— John Austin (legal philosopher)

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The matter of jurisprudence is positive law: law, simply and strictly so called : or law set by political superiors to political inferiors." in the context of "p. 1; opening line" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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John Austin (legal philosopher)

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.