W.W. Buckland
- Jurist
- W.W. Buckland
- School
- Roman Law Scholarship
- Theory
- Roman law scholarship; sharp critique of Austin's command theory, especially the unrealism of habitual obedience.
- Quote
Legal right is an interest or an expectation guaranteed by law.
- Books
A Text-Book of Roman Law from Augustus to Justinian, Some Reflections on Jurisprudence
- Propounded
Critique of Austin's habit-of-obedience theory; classical Roman law scholarship
- Definition of law
Jurisprudence has been the lawyer's extraversion - his way of escape from the indispensable but stiff and confining harness of his subject
- Born
- 1859
- Died
- 1946
- Portrait
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