Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be. It...

A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice...

Fiqh (/fiːk/; Arabic: فقه) is Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh is often described as the style of human understanding and practices of the sharia; that is...

relationships between men and women. Sexual jurisprudence (Arabic: الفقه الجنسي) and marital jurisprudence (Arabic: فقه النكاح) are the codifications of...

Analytical jurisprudence is a philosophical approach to law that draws on the resources of modern analytical philosophy to try to understand its nature...

Justification is a defense in a criminal case, by which a defendant who committed the acts asserts that because what they did meets certain legal standards...

Jurisprudence constante (French for "stable jurisprudence", or literally, "constant jurisprudence") is a legal doctrine according to which a long series...

Political jurisprudence is a legal theory that some judicial decisions are best understood as part of a political process, with judges operating as political...

Jaʿfarī fiqh (Arabic: الفقه الجعفري) or Ja'fari jurisprudence, is a prominent school of jurisprudence (fiqh) within Twelver and Ismaili (including Nizari)...

Master of Jurisprudence is sometimes used as an alternative name for both Master of Laws and Master of Juridical Science. Offered within United States...

virtue jurisprudence is the set of theories of law related to virtue ethics. By making the aretaic turn in legal theory, virtue jurisprudence focuses...

In European legal history and the philosophy of law, the jurisprudence of interests is a doctrine of legal positivism of the early 20th century, according...

including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the Corpus Juris Civilis (AD...

The title of Professor of Jurisprudence may refer to one of the following academic positions: Professor of Jurisprudence (Glasgow), founded at the University...

practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subjects and jurisprudence to provide a comprehensive understanding of the legal system and its...

romanized: al-madhhab al-ḥanafī) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was established by the 8th-century scholar, jurist...

feminist jurisprudence, is based on the belief that the law has been fundamental in women's historical subordination. Feminist jurisprudence the philosophy...

Jurisprudence of values or jurisprudence of principles is a school of legal philosophy. This school represents, according to some authors, a step in overcoming...

as "worship", and ibadat—the plural form of ibadah—refers to Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) of Muslim religious rituals. In Arabic ibadah is connected with...

Lectures on Jurisprudence, also called Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms (1763) is a collection of Adam Smith's lectures, comprising notes...

The jurisprudence of concepts was the first sub-school of legal positivism, according to which, the written law must reflect concepts, when interpreted...

Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence (in Arabic: الموسوعة الفقهیة) is the biggest encyclopedia authored and published in Arabic language by the Kuwait...

Roman law in the 12th century, sixth-century Roman classifications and jurisprudence provided the foundations of the distinction between criminal and civil...

American Jurisprudence (second edition is cited as Am. Jur. 2d) is an encyclopedia of the United States law, published by West. It was originated by Lawyers...

Islamic jurisprudence (Arabic: أصول الفقه, romanized: ʾUṣūl al-Fiqh) are traditional methodological principles used in Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) for...

Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) is an interdisciplinary approach to legal scholarship with the goal of reforming the law so it has a positive impact on...

Islamic Inheritance jurisprudence is a field of Islamic jurisprudence (Arabic: فقه) that deals with inheritance, a topic that is prominently dealt with...

Earth jurisprudence is a philosophy of law and human governance that is based on the fact that humans are only one part of a wider community of beings...

respected Sunni scholars from the 4 major Sunni schools of jurisprudence. Islamic hygienical jurisprudence includes a number of regulations involving cleanliness...

Traditional Sunni and Shia Islamic marital jurisprudence allows Muslim men to be married to multiple women (a practice known as polygyny). Men can have...