jurisprudence

as in law
formal the study of law a professor of jurisprudence

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Recent Examples of jurisprudence That’s both for lower-court takes in applying Bruen’s history-and-tradition test and for the future of the high court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence. Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2024 The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed and said that such a right is not rooted in the history of American jurisprudence. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024 Two noteworthy chapters discuss this history in which successive national states grappled with how to integrate Western jurisprudence and both customary law and sharia. Mark Fathi Massoud, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022 The big picture: The case has been filed in the Eastern District of Texas, which in turn is overseen by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — a court that has a reputation for politicized and idiosyncratic jurisprudence. Felix Salmon, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jurisprudence 
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  • Outgoing President Joe Biden signed a law last April that gave ByteDance 270 days to sell TikTok to an owner from the United States or one of its allies or face a ban.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The popular social video app went dark in the U.S. on Saturday night, just before the divestiture bill was set to became law at midnight on Jan. 19.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2025
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  • How, then, should these judges approach this opportunity to lock in their legacies and that of a conservative judiciary?
    Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
  • There is also much discontent among the public regarding the judiciary system, because there are still ongoing cases related to the coal theft issue that happened two years ago, and also some issues related to the development bank, so the people were asking about those processes.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • Environmental justice and drinking water quality: are there socioeconomic disparities in nitrate levels in U.S. drinking water?
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Whether the issue has been social justice, women’s ...
    Penny Abeywardena, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Jurisprudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurisprudence. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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