Wilfrid E. Rumble has taught at Vassar College for more than four decades. Among his many publications are American Legal Realism (Cornell, 1968) and The Thought of John Austin (Athlone Press, 1985)

"'Wilfrid Rumble's work on Austin is of outstanding importance in enabling us fully to understand Austin's central role in nineteenth-century English jurisprudence and, more generally, his significant contribution to modern legal thought' Ray Cocks, Keele University"

• Introduction; A sketch of Austin's Life; Austin in the Classroom; Austin's Utilitarianism; John Stuart Mill on Austin; Austin and the Science of Law; Maine and Austin; Criticisms of Austin's Conception of General Jurisprudence; 19th-century Precursors of H.L.A. Hart's Critique of Austin; An Overview; Conclusion

Wilfrid E. Rumble has taught at Vassar College for more than four decades. Among his many publications are American Legal Realism (Cornell, 1968) and The Thought of John Austin (Athlone Press, 1985)

"'Wilfrid Rumble's work on Austin is of outstanding importance in enabling us fully to understand Austin's central role in nineteenth-century English jurisprudence and, more generally, his significant contribution to modern legal thought' Ray Cocks, Keele University"

• Introduction; A sketch of Austin's Life; Austin in the Classroom; Austin's Utilitarianism; John Stuart Mill on Austin; Austin and the Science of Law; Maine and Austin; Criticisms of Austin's Conception of General Jurisprudence; 19th-century Precursors of H.L.A. Hart's Critique of Austin; An Overview; Conclusion