Ancient law
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Ancient law
(The John Austin collection)
Thoemmes Press, 1996
Available at 19 libraries
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
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  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
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  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
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Note
Reprint. Originally published: London : John Murray , 1861
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
John Austin (1790-1859) was one of the most famous British jurists of the 19th-century. A pupil of Jeremy Bentham, he took an analytical approach to jurisprudence, seeking to distinguish between positive law ("commands of a superior enforced by sanctions") and custom or morality. He achieved little public renown during his lifetime, publishing only one book and a few journal articles. After his death, however, his "Lecture on Jurisprudence" were published by his widow. In this four-volume set, the first two volumes consist of a reprint of John Austin's "Lectures of Jurisprudence". Volume 3 contains Gorden Campbell's "Analysis" of Austin's lectures, prefaced by J.S. Mill's account of them in the "Edinburgh Review". Volume 4 is Sir Henry Maine's "Ancient Law", which represents a key work in an opposed tradition in British jurisprudence. Where Austin is analytical is his approach, Maine is historical, seeking to explain how existing legal concepts have arisen from their roots in religion, morality, or popular custom.
Table of Contents
Volume 1 and 2: "Lectures on Jurisprudence", John Austin - edited by Robert Campbell, 4th ed. revised, 1879, 2 vols, 548/658pp. Volume 3: 'Austin on Jurisprudence', John Stuart Mill - "Edinburgh Review", vol.118, Oct 1863, pp.439-82, and "An Analysis of Austin's Lectures on Jurisprudence, or the Philosophy of Positive Law", Frederick Gordon Campbell - 1877 ed, 214pp. Volume 4: "Ancient Law: its connection with the Early History of Society and its Relation to Modern Ideas", Sir Henry Maine, 1861 ed, 424pp.
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