jurisprudence Definition
juris·pru·dence (jo̵or′is pro̵̅o̅d′'ns)
jurisprudence Related Forms
ju′ris·pru·den′·tial (-pro̵̅o̅ den′s̸həl) adjective
ju′ris·pru·den′·tially adverb
jurisprudence Synonyms
jurisprudence Law Definition
n
- The study of the fundamental structure of a particular legal system or of legal systems in general.
- A body of case law serving as precedent.
jurisprudence Usage Examples
Converse of object
- teach: Stephen Smith joined the School of Law in 2003 and teaches Jurisprudence and Law and Medicine.
- develop: The courts are still developing the jurisprudence on this issue.
- study: Many law schools require students to study jurisprudence, with some justification.
- read: Students reading Jurisprudence may also take one or two philosophy papers.
- include: Political debate over the 1832 Reform Bill crucially invoked jurisprudence, including continental jurisprudence.
- apply: This will have to be worked out on a case-by-case basis applying the jurisprudence to which we have referred.
Preposition: on
issue: The courts are still developing the jurisprudence on this issue.
Adjective modifier
- Islamic: In Islamic jurisprudence, it refers to a rule or regulation.
- European: By contrast, the position of European jurisprudence is far more reluctant to recognize any rights for illegal foreigners.
- American: The case is apparently ' one of the most politically charged murder cases in the history of American jurisprudence ' .
- medical: A fortnight after the murder a professor of medical jurisprudence at Durham University examined the prisoner's clothing.
- English: There is no such offense as " trespass " which is a term borrowed from English jurisprudence.
- human: To illustrate human rights jurisprudence, let me mention a case involving two young severely disabled sisters in their twenties.
Modifies a noun
course: He is currently a teaching assistant on the undergraduate Jurisprudence course.
Noun used with modifier
- right: To illustrate human rights jurisprudence, let me mention a case involving two young severely disabled sisters in their twenties.
- law: The civil partnership is borne entirely out of statute and has no common law jurisprudence.
Preposition: in
area: Considerable assistance can be obtained, also, from looking at the jurisprudence in this area in care proceedings.
Preposition: of
- court: This is in line with the older jurisprudence of the court.
- law: What, one wonders, is happening to the jurisprudence of the common law in other jurisdictions?
- convention: He supports this conclusion, which is essentially reflected in the jurisprudence of the Convention, with two further grounds.
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