Henry David Thoreau felt that war was unjust and therefore refused to pay his taxes when the United States declared war on Mexico.If Henry David Thoreau's neighbor agreed that war was unjust but paid his taxes because the law required him to pay the tax,the neighbor would be applying the jurisprudence theory of
A)legal positivism.
B)natural law.
C)legal realism.
D)common law.

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The neighbor is applying legal positivism, which holds that the validity of law is determined by its source, rather than its morality or justice. This means that even if the neighbor personally disagrees with the law, they must still obey it because it is a legal requirement. Thoreau, on the other hand, was applying natural law, which emphasizes the need for laws to conform to moral principles.

Henry David Thoreau Felt That War Was Unjust and Therefore