Henry David Thoreau felt that war was unjust and therefore refused to pay his taxes when the United States declared war on Mexico.
-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 jurisprudential theory of:
A) Legal Positivism.
B) Natural Law.
C) Legal Realism.
D) Common Law.

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The neighbor who pays his taxes even though he disagrees with the war is following the legal positivist theory, which says that the law must be obeyed, regardless of whether it is just or unjust. Legal positivists believe that the law is created by human beings and therefore must be followed unless and until it is changed through proper legal channels. Thoreau, on the other hand, was following a natural law theory, which says that there are higher moral principles that take precedence over man-made laws. He believed that it was his duty to disobey an unjust law, even if it meant going to jail.

Henry David Thoreau Felt That War Was Unjust and Therefore