John Austin

John Austin (1790-1859) was a distinguished English jurist and a professor of Jurisprudence in London University. He is known for strictly delimiting the sphere of law and its distinction from that of morality.

Though he mastered the science of law by the study of it in Germany, but being too profound in his philosophy, was unsuccessful as professor. His great work, "The Province of Jurisprudence Determined," and his Lectures, were published by his widow after his death.