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LAW 527 Jurisprudence and Legal Theory I

500 levelLaw10 topics

LAW 527 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Nature, definition and scope of jurisprudence
  2. Meaning and functions of law
  3. Law and social change
  4. Relationship of law to justice, morality and religion
  5. Sources of law: legislation, custom and judicial precedent
  6. Fundamental legal concepts: rights, duties and liability
  7. Ownership and possession
  8. Legal personality
  9. The natural law school
  10. Legal positivism

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Nature, definition and scope of jurisprudence

Jurisprudence is the theoretical study of law: its meaning, purpose, sources, structure, and relationship with society, morality, and state power. For examination purposes, you must master what jurisprudence is, why it is called the philosophy or science of law, and the scope of questions it covers, because these ideas form the foundation for later legal theories and schools of thought.

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