Encyclopaedia of Jurisprudence (Evolution of Law and Society)

Jurisprudence is the science or body of ordered knowledge which deals with a particular species of law. Law may be defined as the force or tendency which makes for righteousness. We may at once deny for jurisprudence any direct concern with the non human contents of the universe. Natural laws or the physical laws are not the work of the jurist. The study of jurisprudence concerns human thought in ...