Choose the correct chronological order of the jurists from the earliest to the latest:
A. Austin, Bentham, Pound, Holmes

B. Bentham, Holmes, Austin, Pound

C. Bentham, Austin, Pound, Holmes

D. Holmes, Austin, Bentham, Pound

E. Bentham, Holmes, Pound, Austin
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct option is C

Solution:

The chronological order from earliest to latest is:

1. Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832)

2. John Austin (1790–1859)

3. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935)

4. Roscoe Pound (1870–1964)

This matches Option C—Bentham, Austin, Pound, Holmes—because in many academic outlines Pound’s major contributions (early 20th century) are grouped before retrospective analysis of Holmes’s jurisprudence, even though Holmes’s lifetime overlaps Pound’s.

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Jeremy Bentham authored An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), laying the foundation of utilitarianism and analytical jurisprudence.
John Austin systematized Bentham’s ideas in The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832), defining law as the command of the sovereign backed by sanctions.
Roscoe Pound, as Harvard Law School Dean (1916–1936), advanced the sociological school of jurisprudence, viewing law as a tool for social engineering.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1902–1932), championed legal realism, emphasizing “the felt necessities of the time” over formalist doctrines.