![]() ![]() Jurisprudence is the study of fundamental legal principles. Thus, jurisprudence signifies knowledge of law and its application. ‘Juris’ means law and ‘prudentia’ means skill or knowledge. The word ‘jurisprudence’ has been derived from a Latin word jurisprudentia which means ‘knowledge of law’. ![]() ![]() Jurisprudence is a name given to a certain type of investigation into law, an investigation of an abstract, general and theoretical nature which seeks to lay bare the essential principles of law and legal systems. H.L.A Hart’s Theory of Law: - Primary & Secondary Rules ![]() In this sense this branch of study is known as Ethical Jurisprudence. SCENCE OF LAW: Which means that the purpose of jurisprudence is not only to make an analysis of law as it is or to trace the history of law as it has been but to know as to what the law ought to be i.e the ethical aspect and is known as Ethical Approach. It is also known as Historical Approach and therefore this branch of study was known as Historical Jurisprudenceģ. to make an analysis and therefore this branch of study was designated as Analytical jurisprudence.Ģ.LEGAL HISTORY : It is also an object of jurisprudence which means we should trace and know legal history. It is also known as Analytical approach i.e. EXPOSITION OF LAW : That simply means that the law should be exposed firstt as to what it is and then it should be studied systematically. Thus following are the purposes of jurisprudence:ġ. with the use of the term science, he said in its wildest permissible sense as including the systematised knowledge of any subject of intellectual inquiry, we may define jurisprudence as the 'SCIENCE OF CIVIL LAW'. the law of the land (law of the country) as opposed to those other bodies of rules to which the name of law has been extended by analogy. By law, in this connection, is meant exclusively civil law i.e. It is jurisprudentia, the knowledge of law or legal skill and in this sense all law books are books of jurisprudence. While giving the purpose of jurisprudence, SALMOND said that in a primary and generic sense jurisprudence includes the entire body of legal doctorines. ![]()
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