There is a wide divide among the jurists regarding the nature of International law. There is one view that International law is not a true law. The jurists of this view think that International law is a code of rules of conduct of moral force only. Other Jurists think International law is a true law, […]
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Austin’s Imperative Theory of Law
What is Law? Rules of conduct approved and enforced by the government of and over a certain territory is called a law. (eg. the ‘laws’ of India). Blackstone’s Definition: According to Sir William Blackstone (an English jurist and judge of the eighteenth century) ‘Law, in general consists of the rules recognized and acted upon in the […]