Jurisprudence Notes

Unit I: Introduction to Jurisprudence

1.Meaning and Definition of Jurisprudence

Jurisprudence in its widest sense means. " knowledge of the law" but in its limited sense evolution and explanation of general principles upon which actual rules of law are based. It is mainly concerned with the rules of external conduct which people are compelled to obey. Therefore sometimes it is said that jurisprudence is that Jurisprudence is that science which gives us knowledge about "law" but the term law we always use in its abstract sense i.e. not in the sense of concrete statutes but in the sense of principles underlying law Thus, for example, there are various branches of law existing in the modern legal system such as contract, crime, trust, properties, companies, lam etc. In jurisprudence, we have to study the basic principles of each of these branches and we are not concerned with the detailed rules of these laws. We definitely study these laws in detail when we study those branches of law separately. Jurisprudence examines the general principles of Jaw, therefore, Jurisprudence may be considered to be the study and systematic arrangements of the general principles of law. 

2.Scope and Importance of Jurisprudence

3.Kinds of Jurisprudence