Determination of the field of jurisprudence. On the benefits of studying jurisprudence

“Determination of the field of jurisprudence” is the work of the ancestor of the ancient leader of the English legal positivism by John Austin (1790–1859), which is a compressed version of the first ten lectures from the course on jurisprudence or philosophy of positive law. This publication is also equipped with a preface by Sarah Austin, includes Austin"s essay “On the benefits of studying jurisprudence”. The published work of Austin is the completed conceptualization of positivist law enforcement - sets out the “team theory of law”, reveals its most important concepts (positive law, command, sovereign, sanction, etc) Ostin set the goal of determining the limits of jurisprudence as a science, which is still now Pore ​​is an important methodological setting of a positive theory of law. At the same time, a significant part of Austin"s work is devoted to ethical theory (lectures 2, 3 and 4) Austin"s work is a universally recognized classic of Western philosophy of law, had a decisive influence on a number of English and American jurists of the second half of the XIX - XX centuries (W. Markby, Sh. Amos, T.E. Holland, W. Hurn, J. W. Salmond, J. Lightwood, W. Brown, O. W. Holmes, J. C. Gray, G.L.A. Hart, etc)