Jurisprudence
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Jurisprudence, also known as legal theory or legal science, is the philosophy of law. As a field of knowledge, it applies philosophical methods to legal questions, such as what the law is or how it ou
A gavel and court minutes from 1861–1862, symbolic of legal decisions
Roman law
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Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables, to the Corpus Juris Civilis ordered by Eastern
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…the Stoics. The Romans also had a conception of ius naturale, with Cicero asserting that "True law is right reason in agreement with nature", although Roman law jurists were themselves largely unconcerned with legal theory or Greek political philosophy but instead focused on issues of practical legal doctrine…
Title page of a late 16th-century edition of the Digesta, part of Emperor Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis