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Mahajan was born in 1913 in the Punjab Province of British India. [2] [3] He did M.A. twice – in History at the D.A.V. College, Lahore and in Political Science and Law at the Punjab University Law College. [4] In 1945, he completed Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of the Punjab, and later did Law from the University of Delhi.
Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be.It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values; as well as the relationship between law and other fields of study, including economics, ethics, history, sociology, and political philosophy.
Al-Burhan Fi Usul al-Fiqh (Arabic: البرهان في أصول الفقه) or The Proof in the Principles of Jurisprudence is a 12th-century treatise written by Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni the leading legal theorist of his time. [1] A highly celebrated work of Al-Juwayni on Usul Al-Fiqh. It is regarded as one of the four pillars of the field ...
In the philosophy of law, virtue jurisprudence is the set of theories of law related to virtue ethics.By making the aretaic turn in legal theory, virtue jurisprudence focuses on the importance of character and human excellence or virtue to questions about the nature of law, the content of the law, and judging.
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In jurisprudence and legal philosophy, legal positivism is the theory that the existence of the law and its content depend on social facts, such as acts of legislation, judicial decisions, and customs, rather than on morality. This contrasts with natural law theory, which holds that law is necessarily connected to morality in such a way that ...
Political jurisprudence is a legal theory that some judicial decisions are best understood as part of a political process, with judges operating as political actors.That is, judges are sometimes influenced by public opinion, political activists, and government officials, and their work can be understood as a way of legitimizing and institutionalizing the preferences of these political actors.
Lectures on Jurisprudence, also called Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms (1763) is a collection of Adam Smith's lectures, comprising notes taken from his early lectures. It contains the formative ideas behind The Wealth of Nations .