Jurisprudence

thumb|A gavel and court minutes from 1861–1862, symbolic of legal decisions.

Babylonian code of law or conduct

commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action

interdisciplinary science that is both connected to the science of law as well as the science of history

study of relationship between legal systems

thumb|Le grand docteur sophiste, 1886 illustration of Gargantua by [[Albert Robida, expressing mockery of his casuist education]]

sub-discipline of sociology or an interdisciplinary approach within legal studies

proceedings in any civil lawsuit or criminal prosecution

ancient school of Roman law, to 551 AD

acting as a lawyer

theory of jurisprudence

, or competence-competence, is a jurisprudential doctrine whereby a legal body, such as a court or arbitral tribunal, may have competence, or jurisdiction, to rule as to the extent of its own competence on an issue before it. The concept arose in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Since then, has often been important in international arbitration.

non-fiction work by Henry James Sumner Maine

history of Islamic Maliki jurisprudence (fiqh) in Algeria