What is juris prudence?

[Reephdweller]

I've heard the term, I kind've have an idea of what it means. I've tried google, ask jeeves, and yahoo searches and I really don't have a clear definition of what it means. Anyone have any ideas?



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[jeffdwright2001]

It's a large concept with several segments to it.

Here's the quickie def. followed by the link.

jurisprudence: an overview
The word jurisprudence derives from the Latin term juris prudentia, which means "the study, knowledge, or science of law." In the United States jurisprudence commonly means the philosophy of law. Legal philosophy has many aspects, but four of them are the most common. The first and the most prevalent form of jurisprudence seeks to analyze, explain, classify, and criticize entire bodies of law. Law school textbooks and legal encyclopedias represent this type of scholarship. The second type of jurisprudence compares and contrasts law with other fields of knowledge such as literature, economics, religion, and the social sciences. The third type of jurisprudence seeks to reveal the historical, moral, and cultural basis of a particular legal concept. The fourth body of jurisprudence focuses on finding the answer to such abstract questions as What is law? How do judges (properly) decide cases?

And now a word for the lawyers (http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/jurisprudence.html)

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[Reephdweller]

Thanks Jeff, I actually just discovered that it's one word as well.

Here's another thing I found on it...



JURISPRUDENCE - The study of law and the structure of the legal system.

The science of the law. By science is understood that connexion of truths which is founded on principles either evident in themselves or capable of demonstration; a collection of truths of the same kind, arranged in methodical order. In a more confined sense, jurisprudence is the practical science of giving a wise interpretation to the laws and making a just application of them to all cases as they arise. In this sense, it is the habit of judging the same questions in the same manner and by this course of judgments forming precedents.


Source... (http://www.lectlaw.com/def/j025.htm)

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