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Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, the Philosophy of Positive Law
Lectures on Jurisprudence Or the Philosophy of Positive Law Author:John Austin, Robert Campbell Austin, John. Lectures on Jurisprudence or the Philosophy of Positive Law. Fifth Edition, Revised and Edited by Robert Campbell. London: John Murray, 1885. Two volumes. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. * Reprint of the fifth and best edition of Austin's magnum opus. Austin [1790-1859] was the founder of English analytical jurispru... more »dence and the first to subject the law to inductive analysis. First published in 1861, this work is a landmark in the development of modern legal thought. Its most important contributions were the strict delimitation of law and its distinction from morality, elaboration of the idea of law as a kind of command and the close examination of such common legal terms as right, duty, liberty, injury and punishment. The editions edited by Campbell had a profound influence on Anglo-American jurisprudential thinking. This is especially true of this edition, which is widely regarded as the best.« less