Concept information
Preferred term
jurisprudence
Definition
- Jurisprudence has three distinct meanings. Primarily, it is the philosophy of law, that is, speculative thought about law. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Jurisprudence]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- advance directives
- confidentiality
- conflict of laws
- contracts
- duty to recontact
- expert testimony
- feminist jurisprudence
- forensic psychiatry
- human rights
- intellectual property
- judicial precedent
- judicial role
- legal indigency
- legal interpretation and construction
- legal liability
- legal remedies
- legal systems
- legislative investigations
- legislative procedure
- malpractice
- mandatory reporting
- medical jurisprudence
- mental competency
- natural law
- original meaning jurisprudence
- ownership
- presumed consent
- resuscitation orders
- rule of law
- sources of law
- Supreme Court decisions
- wills
- wrongful life
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/jurisprudence
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