jurisprudence
Philosophy of law
Jurisprudence is the philosophy or theory of law—the study of legal principles, their foundations, and how they should be applied.
Legal scholars engage in jurisprudence when they analyze what makes a law just or how courts should interpret statutes.
The term also refers to a body of court decisions in a particular area: First Amendment jurisprudence, the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights.
Study of human communities
- criminologyScience of unlawful conduct
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- public policyGovernment's societal problem-solving approach
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
discrimination · labor law · family law · human rights · collective rights · social contract · community standards · public interest
sociology
Study of human communities
- criminologyScience of unlawful conduct
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- public policyGovernment's societal problem-solving approach
inequality · discrimination · labor law · family law · human rights · collective rights · social contract · community standards · public interest · social norms
- academic fieldsmathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, history
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- legal historylegal history, medieval law, Roman law, common law, civil law
- legal legacyprecedent, case law, landmark ruling, legal doctrine, common law
- roman scholarshipLatin, rhetoric, oratory, philosophy, history
jurisprudencelawlessness
Absence of governing rules
anarchy · anomie · mob rule · legal vacuum · vigilantism
jurisprudencelegal practice
Attorney's professional work
litigation · legal procedure · lawyering · courtroom procedure · case management
- Roman jurisprudenceAncient legal scholarship system
injury, justice, injure, prejudice, injurious, conjure, judicial, jurisdiction, perjury