Jurisprudence , Science or philosophy of law. Jurisprudence may be divided into three branches: analytical, sociological, and theoretical. The analytical branch articulates axioms, defines terms, and prescribes the methods that best enable one to view the legal order as an internally consistent, Jurisprudence is the study that deals with the fundamental principles and various concepts of law. It guides a person to understand the deeper meaning of law. The word Jurisprudence is derived from the Latin term juris prudentia, meaning “the study, knowledge, or science of law.” In the United States, the term is often used to refer to the philosophy of law. The term jurisprudence is derived from the Latin word “jurisprudential” which means “competence or knowledge of the law.”5 In the first decades of the 19th century with the theories advanced by Bentham and Austin, the term Bentham is known as the father of Jurisprudence which was the first to analyze what the law is.6 Jurisprudence is closely associated with other social sciences, as they all deal with human behavior in society. Roscoe Pound, who promoted legal theory as “social ...
