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LEGAL PHILOSOPHY

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LEGAL PHILOSOPHY (noun)
  The noun LEGAL PHILOSOPHY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

  Familiarity information: LEGAL PHILOSOPHY used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


LEGAL PHILOSOPHY (noun)


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Meaning:

The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

jurisprudence; legal philosophy; law

Hypernyms ("legal philosophy" is a kind of...):

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal philosophy"):

contract law (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts)

corporation law (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing corporations)

matrimonial law (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing matrimony)

patent law (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents)


English Proverbs
"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it."
(English proverb)
"A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal."
(Native American quotes, Chief Joseph, Nez Perce)
"Haste makes waste."
(American proverb)
"An understanding person needs only half a word."
(Dutch proverb)


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