GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

RTI ACT 2005

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

“Law is derived from social facts and not dependent on State authority but on social compulsion.” Who said this?

A	Pound
B	Ehrlich
C	Putchta
D	Friedman

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -“Law is derived from social facts and not dependent on State authority but on social compulsion.” Who said this? Pound. Ehrlich. Putchta.

Detailed explanation-2: -Leon Duguit was a French jurist. He was one of the most popular and revolutionary legal scholar and thinker of his time. Various legal natural theories and philosophies are given by him. He has stated the law as essentially and exclusively a social fact.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hans Kelsen, a renowned Austrian lawyer, and philosopher proposed the concept of Pure Theory of Law.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Social Fact Thesis (which is also known as the Pedigree Thesis) asserts that it is a necessary truth that legal validity is ultimately a function of certain kinds of social facts.

Detailed explanation-5: -Legal positivism is the thesis that the existence and content of law depends on social facts and not on its merits. The English jurist John Austin (1790–1859) formulated it thus: The existence of law is one thing; its merit and demerit another.

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