Lectures on Jurisprudence or the Philosophy of Positive Law (2 Volumes)

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Description
It seems necessary that I should endeavour to justify the step I have taken, in bringing before the public writings of such a nature and value as those of my deceased husband. I have also to explain why I have determined to publish them in the incom- plete and unfinished state in which he left them. The latter decision was, indeed, a necessary consequence of the former; since I could hardly be guilty of the irreverence and presump- tion of attempting to correct or alter what he had written.
I respectfully offer these explanations to the few to whom it is fit that any mention of such a man should be made; and I beg them not to think me so careless of his fame as to have lightly and unadvisedly undertaken to do what might lower the reputation which (almost in spite of himself) he has left among them. To their judgment and candour I commend these im- perfect remains. Whatever defects they may find, let them be assured he would have found more and greater.
It is well known to all who are interested in the science of Jurisprudence, that the volume of which the present is a republication has for many years been out of print. From the time this was known, earnest and flattering entreaties that he would publish a second edition reached him from various quarters. They were sufficient to stimulate any vanity but his.
Unfortunately they came too late. The public, or that small portion of it which interests itself in such subjects, did not discover the deep and clear stream of legal science within its reach, till its waters had been diverted into other channels, or had disappeared altogether. In proportion as the demand for the book became urgent, more years and more occupations
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Contents
Contents of the First Volume
The Province of Jurisprudence Determined
Analysis of Lectures I - VI
Analysis of Pervading Notions
Lecture XII - XXVII
Contents of the Second Volume
Law in Relation to its Sources
Lectures XXVIII - XXXIX
Law : Its Purposes and Subjects
Lecture XL - LVII
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Author Details
John Austin