Jurisprudence 1.1. General Introduction
Topic 1: THE NATURE AND MEANING OF JURISPRUDENCE “Jurisprudence” in Latin: “Jurisprudentia” means knowledge of law. “Juris” which means law and “prudence” which means wisdom. Juris+prudence= Knowledge/wisdom of the law. Jurisprudence is concerned with law at a high level of abstraction. It tries to understand and appraise the law. Oliver Wendell Holmes: “jurisprudence… is simply […]