Sentence examples for jurisprudence stands from inspiring English sources

Jurisprudence stands on precedent, on the stability of the laws.

More than a century of jurisprudence stands against their claim that the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" (an exception for diplomats' children and members of sovereign Indian tribes) also alienates undocumented children.

Local democratic and proto-democratic institutions (village meetings, traditional conflict mediation or ancient jurisprudence) stand no chance.

Sitting cross-legged behind his coffee table with piles of leather-bound books, a pen and some notepaper in hand, the pious scholar of Shia jurisprudence stood up to greet us with courtesy.

This is one of the many theories in daiquiri stand jurisprudence, a nuanced sphere of law that goes back for years and involves local ordinances and state statutes that address topics like whether a container is open if "a straw protrudes therefrom".

As his admirers saw it, Scalia stood against decades of jurisprudence that was unmoored from constitutional text, history or principle -- unmoored, that is, from the law.

A dissenting judge, James L. Oakes, said the decision created "an entirely new rule of law that so far as I know stands without precedent in the history of Anglo-American jurisprudence".

But he also said he would oppose a nominee who stood outside the confines of mainstream jurisprudence or would use the post to pursue legislative goals.

Scholars agree the decision stands apart in the state's long jurisprudence on public pensions.

All have been qualified, but only Scalia and Clarence Thomas, whose jurisprudence has been equally vibrant if quieter in rhetoric, stand out.

It's a long-standing principle of Anglo-American jurisprudence".