Orientation to Law, Jurisprudence and Interpretation of Statutes -

Juris +prudentia= Jurisprudentia= the Knowledge of Law.

The Knowledge of Law

not The Law

Jurisprudence is a Science Not an Art an analysis of the formal structure of laws and its concepts.

It is thought or writing about Law An intellectual investigation of Law done in a systematic manner. The study of fundamental legal principles.

Expositorial- law as it is Censorial - Law as it ought to be ----- Bentham

An investigation into1. The Legal Exposition Law positus 2. The Legal History -- What the Law was

3. The Science of Legislation Law as it ought to be. 4. What the Law does.

The knowledge of things divine and human, the science of the just and unjust Ulpain

Jurisprudence was the first of the social sciences born ----Wurzel

Lawyers Extraversion . Julius Stone

Science of Civil Law , the science of the first principles of Law Salmond

Formal science of positive Law ..Holland

The study and systematic arrangement of the general principles of Law Keeton

Scientific synthesis of all essential principles of Law . Allen

A Law is a genera rule of external human action enforced by a sovereign political authority. .. Holland

Law is reason with out desire Aristotle

Law means the rules recognised and acted on by courts of justice. Salmond

A Law is any rule of human conduct which is recognized as being obligatory Goodhart

Law is the prediction of what can be done by judges or officials Holmes

Law is the basic norm which gives validity to the Constitution of the State and to all subordinate legal norms Kelson

The art or science of what is equitable and good .. Ulpain

Law is the aggregate of rules set by men as politically superior, or sovereign, to men as politically subject Austin

A social institution to satisfy social wants Pound