At the time of “Civil War” and “World War – I”, fundamental changes occurred in the American thought. The jurisprudence that flourished during the period of American Revolution and the Civil War was termed as the – “Grand Style” by “Karl Llewellyn”. When the Civil War came to an end it
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Jeremy Bentham, the father of Jurisprudence and Analytical Positivism in his essay “Offences against One’s self” had rebutted all the justifications given by the State for enacting laws on sodomy.
“A ruler had to create a body of laws which would direct people’s natural inclination of self-interest toward the good of the state.”