Jurisprudence Fundamentals
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What is the primary focus of jurisprudence?

  • The development of new legal systems
  • The study of various branches of law
  • The application of legal theories to real-world cases
  • The analysis of the nature and function of law (correct)
  • According to Dworkin, what is the aim of jurisprudential theories?

  • To create a new legal system
  • To show the main point of the law (correct)
  • To analyze the historical development of law
  • To critique the morality of law
  • What is the scope of jurisprudence?

  • Focused on the application of law to real-world cases
  • Extends to include other social sciences (correct)
  • Concerned with the historical development of law
  • Limited to the study of law only
  • What is the meaning of the term 'Law'?

    <p>A set of rules and principles that regulate human conduct</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the goal of jurisprudential study?

    <p>To understand the nature and function of law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does jurisprudence examine?

    <p>The relationship between law and morality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of law from the viewpoint of the society?

    <p>Justice, Morality, Reason, Order, and Righteous</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the first thing that the term law is used to mean?

    <p>Legal order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is law in its narrowest or strict sense?

    <p>The civil law or the law of the land</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of law according to Salmond?

    <p>The body of principles recognized and applied by the state in the administration of Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a criticism of Salmond's definition of law?

    <p>Salmond did not define the expression Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the third thing that the term law is used to mean?

    <p>All official control in a politically organized society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who criticized Salmond's definition of law?

    <p>Dean Roscoe Pound</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a limitation of Salmond's definition of law?

    <p>It applies only to common law, not statute law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of Gray's definition of law?

    <p>The rules laid down by the courts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a criticism of Gray's definition of law?

    <p>It does not take into account the statute law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who says that what has been considered just at one time has frequently not been so considered at another?

    <p>Keeton</p> Signup and view all the answers

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