# John Austin — The Social Contract character guide

> John Austin in The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Austin

**First appearance:** 0011-vii-the-sovereign

## Who they are

Legal positivist cited on sovereignty and command theory.

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