John Austin (legal philosopher)

John Austin
John Austin
Born	3 March 1790; Creeting Mill, Suffolk
Died	1 December 1859 (aged 69); Weybridge, Surrey
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Legal positivism
Main interests	Legal philosophy
Notable ideas	Criticism of natural law

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John Austin (3 March 1790 – 1 December 1859) was an English legal theorist who posthumously influenced British and American law with an analytical approach to jurisprudence and a theory of legal positivism.^[1] Austin opposed traditional approaches of "natural law", arguing against any need for connections between law and morality. Human legal systems, he claimed, can and should be studied in an empirical, value-free way.

^ Markby, William (1911). "Austin, John" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 02 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 938–940.

[1] Markby, William (1911). "Austin, John" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 02 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 938–940.

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John Austin

Born	(1790-03-03)3 March 1790 Creeting Mill, Suffolk
Died	1 December 1859(1859-12-01) (aged 69) Weybridge, Surrey

Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Legal positivism
Main interests	Legal philosophy
Notable ideas	Criticism of natural law