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Legal positivism (Bentham, Austin) holds that:

  1. law is custom only
  2. law derives from natural law
  3. law is what the sovereign commands
  4. law equals morality
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Correct answer: C. law is what the sovereign commands

1. Austin's command theory of law. 2. Law is the command of the sovereign backed by sanctions. 3. Separates law from morality (vs natural law). __Source: syllabus Political Theory — sources of law__

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