AUSTIN, JOHN (1790-1859)

—Jurist, served in the army in Sicily and Malta, but, selling his commi ion, studied law, and was called to the Bar 1818. He did not long continue to practise, but devoted himself to the study of law as a science, and became Profe or of Jurisprudence in London University 1826-32. Thereafter he served on various Royal Commi ions. By his works he exercised a profound influence on the views of jurisprudence held in England. These include The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832), and his Lectures on Jurisprudence .