Which of the following groups of jurists consider law as a command of the sovereign enforced by a superior political authority and accordingly subscribe to the view that international law is not law as ‘properly so called’?

Correct option is D

Hobbes, Pufendorf, and Austin are associated with the imperative theory of law, which views law as a command issued by a sovereign and enforced by sanctions. According to John Austin, international law lacks a sovereign authority and enforcement mechanism, and therefore, it is not "real law."