Sentence examples for general jurisprudence from inspiring English sources

In a 1793 case, one Justice suggested that American judges take into account both "general jurisprudence" and the "laws and practice" of other "States and Kingdoms," while another Justice favored basing decisions exclusively on the words of the Constitution.

Austin viewed the doctrines in The Province as "merely prefatory" to the study that he termed "general jurisprudence": the exposition and analysis of the fundamental notions forming the framework of all mature legal systems.

The second approach brings together technology and law, and is as such a suitable suggestion for inclusion in a legal informatics course, or as part of more general jurisprudence.

Human rights expert Martha Minow, the Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard Law School and a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, has been named a University Professor, Harvard's highest faculty honor.

In this three-part lecture, Martha Minow, Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, discusses the legacies of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 civil rights case in which the Supreme Court declared state laws concerning the segregation of public schools to be unconstitutional.

It it appear either that the decision of the state court was made upon rules or general jurisprudence, or that the case was disposed of upon other grounds, broad enough in themselves to sustain the judgment without considering the federal question, and that such question was not necessarily involved, the jurisdiction of this court will not attach.

Austin distinguished this general, or analytical, jurisprudence from the criticism of legal institutions, which he called the "science of legislation"; he thought both were important parts of legal education.

The question of sufficiency of rates is important and controlling; and, being of a judicial nature, it ought to be settled at the earliest moment by some court, and when a Federal court first obtains jurisdiction it ought, on general principles of jurisprudence, to be permitted to finish the inquiry and make a conclusive judgment, to the exclusion of all other courts.

"Legal thought is a much broader category, and one of more general interest to law students, than jurisprudence, but until now there has been no collection available to readers.

This jurisdiction was based on general principles of equity jurisprudence, and did not present a case arising under the patent law.

But since the 1930's, the Supreme Court's jurisprudence of general equality, social provision, federalism, free speech, and state action has limited the capacities and incentives for association and communication among workers.