Elements of Jurisprudence: Being the Substance of a Few Lectures Based on Austin's Principles of Jurisprudence, Delivered to the Law Class of the Punjab University College (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Elements of Jurisprudence: Being the Substance of a Few Lectures Based on Austin's Principles of Jurisprudence, Delivered to the Law Class of the Punjab University College
Jurisprudence is defined as the science of positive laws, established by the political superiors of a community. The positive laws are emphatically called the laws for reasons to be hereafter stated. The positive laws of a particular community collected together form what is called a body or system of law, and the science with reference to them is Particular or National Jurisprudence. When the principles, notions and distinctions common to various mature systems of positive laws obtaining in different civilised communities are regarded by themselves, the subject forms an extensive science called the science of General Jurisprudence. Particular Jurisprudence then is the exposition of the general principles of the body of laws obtaining in a community, while General Jurisprudence is the exposition and description of general principles and ends of law abstracted from the positive systems of all civilised communities. With the goodness or badness of laws Jurisprudence has no direct concern. In this respect it differs from Ethics or the science of morals. Ethics has for its object the law as it should be rather than law as it is. It determines the list of principles according to which all positive laws must be fashioned in order to merit approbation. In other words, Ethics lays down and investigates principles of general morality which are sometimes called the laws of God, known to us by a peculiar moral sense or conscience, or by a notion of general utility, or by the various other tests which divide the opinion of philosophers.
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Jurisprudence is defined as the science of positive laws, established by the political superiors of a community. The positive laws are emphatically called the laws for reasons to be hereafter stated. The positive laws of a particular community collected together form what is called a body or system of law, and the science with reference to them is Particular or National Jurisprudence. When the principles, notions and distinctions common to various mature systems of positive laws obtaining in different civilised communities are regarded by themselves, the subject forms an extensive science called the science of General Jurisprudence. Particular Jurisprudence then is the exposition of the general principles of the body of laws obtaining in a community, while General Jurisprudence is the exposition and description of general principles and ends of law abstracted from the positive systems of all civilised communities. With the goodness or badness of laws Jurisprudence has no direct concern. In this respect it differs from Ethics or the science of morals. Ethics has for its object the law as it should be rather than law as it is. It determines the list of principles according to which all positive laws must be fashioned in order to merit approbation. In other words, Ethics lays down and investigates principles of general morality which are sometimes called the laws of God, known to us by a peculiar moral sense or conscience, or by a notion of general utility, or by the various other tests which divide the opinion of philosophers.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
