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2) the guidance is 'law' if it emanates from the political sovereign and purports to function as an exercise of sovereignty ⇒ law is (1) instructions or commands (2)

[PDF] Re-examining Austins Command Theory

The sovereign is independent and unlimited, and a sufficient number of people habitually obey it Austin did allow some variation to the independent political society For example, as to the mode of exercise, the sovereign might use its power not by itself, but through its subordinates (PJD 191)

[PDF] THE NORMATIVE IRRELEVANCE OF AUSTINS COMMAND - Neliti

been advanced against his assertion Hans Kelsen critiqued Austin's command theory and indicated that, “in many societies, it is hard to identify a “sovereign” in

[PDF] 1 INSANITY AND SOVEREIGNTY: THE AUSTINIAN THEORY OF

was to explore the connections between Austin's 'command' theory of law and the theory of criminal liability developed by Austin and his followers, with

[PDF] Austins Intentions: A Critical Reconstruction of His Concept - CORE

The command from a sovereign to "close the door" would not be a law since it a pure theory of law resembles, but is not identical to, Austin's analytical

LAW AND SOVEREIGNTY How is it possible that the idea of

All the elements of Austin's legal theory are made of the same raw materials: the sovereign gives commands and obeys none; the subject obeys commands; the

The Legacy of John Austins Jurisprudence

theory of law, the de fi nition of positive law as the command of the sovereign, his peculiar idea of sovereignty, the sharp distinction between law and morality,

INTRODUCTION - SSRN Papers

political inferior and law is the result of command of sovereign Thus independent political society is necessary for application of Austin's theory On all this there

[PDF] John Austin - Brandeis

Austin's particular theory of law is often called the “command theory of law” because the concept of command lies at is core: law is the command of the sovereign

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