The Province of Jurisprudence Determined and The Uses of the Study of Jurisprudence
This edition comprises the full text of The Province of Jurisprudence Determined, a classic work of moral, political, and legal philosophy, including the chapter on Utilitarianism and the detailed discussion of social contract theory, which have been excluded from previous editions. Also included is the essay on The Uses of the Study of Jurisprudence, which gives an important assessment of Austin’s conception of analytical jurisprudence.
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A reprint of the Weidenfeld and Nicholson edition of 1954.
This edition comprises the full text of The Province of Jurisprudence Determined, a classic work of moral, political, and legal philosophy, including the chapter on Utilitarianism and the detailed discussion of social contract theory, which have been excluded from previous editions. Also included is the essay on The Uses of the Study of Jurisprudence, which gives an important assessment of Austin’s conception of analytical jurisprudence.
“[Austin’s] work still has its angry critics and its stubborn adherents. And never, since his death, has it been ignored.”
—H. L. A. Hart, from the Introduction