Legalfundaa

Introduction We in India follow common law systems. It is essentially a system developed in Britain. After colonisation of most part of the word by erstwhile British empire, these colonies had similar law. Similarly there are other legal systems as well. Comparison and study of these systems help us understanding larger picture of law and jurisprudence. Not only understanding, it often helps us in finding lacunae and do a course correction by studying different legal system. What is legal system anyways ? Legal system may be defined as legal rules and institution of given country. For example Soviet legal systems, Islamic legal system. Why we need to understand different legal system ? The concept of "One World" or global village in the era of globalisation requires understanding laws of different nations of the world which helps in the development of effective legal systems. Internet technology brought the world much closer and hence it had become mor...

What is jurisprudence ? The word jurisprudence is derived from word "juris" meaning law or legal, and "prudentia" meaning skill or knowledge. So if we add these mathematically  we will get below equation. Jurisprudence = Knowledge of Law. Please note, jurisprudence doesn't mean knowledge of any specific act(Passed by parliament or by Monarch). There is neither any specific definition of jurisprudence. This subject is studied from times of Aristole. Many jurist, legal scholar view jurisprudence from different perspective. We will see that shortly. Jurisprudence deals with foundation of law, not a structure which is built on this foundation. The word "Jurisprudence" is confusion too. The context provide meaning. For example there is Medical Jurisprudence, Hindu Jurisprudence, Muslim Jurisprudence. Each of these implies meaning which is different from another. Definition of Jurisprudence Many legal scholars, jurist, philosophe...