John Austin
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John Austin was a 19th-century English legal theorist best known for developing the theory of legal positivism, which distinguishes law as it is from law as it ought to be.
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| instanceOf |
jurist
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legal theorist → person → philosopher of law → |
| birthDate |
1790-03-03
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| birthPlace |
Creeting Mill, Suffolk, England
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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| deathDate |
1859-12-01
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| deathPlace |
Weybridge, Surrey, England
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| describedAs |
19th-century English legal theorist
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| educatedAt |
Inner Temple
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military academy in France → |
| employer |
University College London
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University of London → |
| ethnicGroup |
English
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| fieldOfWork |
jurisprudence
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legal philosophy → legal positivism → |
| genre |
jurisprudence
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legal theory → |
| hasGender |
male
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| influenced |
H. L. A. Hart
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Hans Kelsen → legal positivist tradition → |
| influencedBy |
Jeremy Bentham
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utilitarianism → |
| knownFor |
developing a systematic theory of legal positivism
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distinguishing law as it is from law as it ought to be → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| memberOf |
Inner Temple
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| militaryRank |
officer
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| movement |
legal positivism
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| name |
John Austin
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| nationality |
British
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| notableIdea |
command theory of law
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law as the command of the sovereign → separation of law and morality → |
| notableWork |
The Province of Jurisprudence Determined
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| occupation |
jurist
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legal theorist → university teacher → |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London
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lecturer in jurisprudence → |
| publicationDate |
1832
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| servedIn |
British Army
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| spouse |
Sarah Austin
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Referenced by (2)
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Jeremy Bentham
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John Austin
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