John Austin (legal philosopher), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Austin (legal philosopher)

legal philosopher

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1790

Place of Birth: Creeting St Mary, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Dec-1859

Profession: lawyer, jurist, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

John Austin (3 March 1790 – 1 December 1859) was a noted English legal theorist, who influenced British and American law with his analytical approach to jurisprudence and his theory of legal positivism.
In opposing traditional approaches of "natural law", 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.