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jurisprudence

joo ruhs prooh duhns

  • n  the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
  • n  the collection of rules imposed by authority
    the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order

  • Elson once said the process of editing was the opposite of the American jurisprudence system, in that every writer was guilty until proved innocent.
  • Sheik Razek is a professor of religious jurisprudence in the famed Moslem University of Al Azhar, Cairo, heart of the orthodox heart of Islam And Sheik Razek is also crowned with .
  • Women's prospects are further weakened by regressive Islamic jurisprudence that effectively codifies discrimination against women.
News & Articles

  • Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2 PM EDT on Friday, June 21
    June 21 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2 PM ET on Friday: - - - - The duty editor is Steve Ginsburg, 202-898-8427 - - - - Jurisprudence Police: Patriots' Hernandez to be arrested in murder probe BOSTON - Authorities plan to arrest New England Patriots Tight end Aaron Hernandez on suspicion of interfering with a homicide investigation, a police official says. ...
    June 21, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
  • Kovach Earns Law Degree From South Texas College of Law in Houston
    John Kovach graduated from the South Texas College of Law on May 25, 2013, earning a doctorate of Jurisprudence degree. Kovach is a 2006 graduate of Pleasanton High School and a 2010 graduate of Texas A&M University. His parents are Tom and JoAnne Kovach.
    June 19, 2013 - Pleasanton Express
  • Campus news
    Alyssa Corcoran has graduated from Vanderbilt Law School with a doctor of jurisprudence degree.
    June 17, 2013 - Stevens Point Journal
Quotes

  • Samuel Alito in The Associated Press
    Our proudest boast of our free speech jurisprudence is that we protect the freedom to express 'the thought that we hate,'Alito said, quoting a previous court decision. "Today's decision rests on a very different principle: no freedom for...
  • Patrick Leahy in BusinessWeek
    Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, said in a statement it was "unsurprising" that her law clerk memos "were mindful of Justice Marshall's longstanding jurisprudence, and that her recommendations to him applied the lens...
  • President Bush in CNN International
    After more than two centuries of American jurisprudence and millennia of human experience, a few judges and local authorities are presuming to change the most fundamental institution of civilization,Bush said. "Their actions have created...

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