jurisprudence
jurisprudence — noun
1. the field that examines legal rules and the ideas behind them, including how jud
the field that examines legal rules and the ideas behind them, including how judges should understand and apply them.
Diya chose jurisprudence after enjoying debates about how judges read the law.
study jurisprudence as an academic field
In Wang's seminar, jurisprudence helped students compare strict and flexible legal reasoning.
jurisprudence seminar
Omar's thesis in jurisprudence asked when a court should ignore an unfair rule.
The article links Islamic jurisprudence with modern questions about online contracts.
At lunch, Noa explained jurisprudence to her cousin by discussing a school rule.
- legal theory
the closest neutral alternative in academic writing
- philosophy of law
emphasizes deeper questions about justice and legal reasoning
- legal thought
broader and can include historical schools of ideas
文法句型
study jurisprudence
jurisprudence seminar
thesis in jurisprudence
用法筆記
Often names a university subject or a branch of legal theory and commonly follows study, seminar on, or thesis in. Distinguish from sense 2, which refers to the laws themselves rather than the study of them.
常見錯誤
2. the full collection of laws used in a country, region, or legal tradition.
the full collection of laws used in a country, region, or legal tradition.
Roman jurisprudence shaped many property rules that later spread across Europe.
Roman jurisprudence
The court compared local jurisprudence with Canadian cases before writing its decision.
local jurisprudence
In labor disputes, Taiwanese jurisprudence usually protects workers from sudden dismissal.
The judge said this area's jurisprudence was changing as digital evidence became more common.
Law students traced environmental jurisprudence through decades of water pollution cases.
- legal system
the most general everyday equivalent
- body of law
highlights the full set of rules in one area
- legal order
more formal and often used in academic or comparative contexts
文法句型
Roman jurisprudence
local jurisprudence
environmental jurisprudence
用法筆記
Often appears with a place, period, or field label, such as Roman, local, or environmental. Distinguish from sense 1, which refers to academic thinking about law rather than the legal system itself.