Holland has defined ‘jurisprudence’ as
Question and options
Holland has defined ‘jurisprudence’ as
- “the science of law”
- “the formal science of positive law”
- “the formal science of actual law”
- “the science of civil and positive law”
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - “the formal science of positive law”
Holland defined jurisprudence as "the formal science of positive law": formal because it studies the relations that legal rules regulate rather than the rules themselves, and positive because it deals with law laid down by the State. "The science of law" is too broad and lacks the qualifiers "formal" and "positive" that mark Holland's definition.
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