John Austin (mar 3, 1790 – dec 1, 1859)
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John Austin (3 March 1790 – 1 December 1859) was a noted English legal theorist who strongly influenced British and American law with his analytical approach to jurisprudence and his theory of legal positivism. In opposing traditional "natural law" approaches, Austin argued against any necessary connections between law and morality. Human legal systems, he claimed, can and should be studied in an empirical, value-free way.Added to timeline:
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mar 3, 1790
dec 1, 1859
~ 69 years