John Austin was an English legal theorist who posthumously influenced British and American law with an analytical approach to jurisprudence and a theory of legal positivism. Austin opposed traditional approaches of "natural law", arguing against... Wikipedia
Born: March 3, 1790, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Died: December 1, 1859 (age 69 years), Weybridge, United Kingdom
Partner: Sarah Austin (1819–)
Grandchildren: Janet Ross, Sir Maurice Duff Gordon of Fyvie, 4th Bt., and Urania Duff Gordon
Children: Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon
Parents: Jonathan Austin and Anne Austin
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