The philosophy of law is commonly known as jurisprudence. Normative jurisprudence asks "what should law be?", while analytic jurisprudence asks "what is law?"
Analytical jurisprudence
There have been several

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The history of law links closely to the development of civilization. Ancient Egyptian law, dating as far back as 3000 BC, was based on the concept of Ma'at and characterised by tradition,

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In general, legal systems can be split between civil law and common law systems. Modern scholars argue that the significance of this distinction has progressively declined; the numerous legal transplants, typical of modern law, result in the sharing by modern

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The main institutions of law in industrialised countries are independent courts, representative parliaments, an accountable executive, the military and police,

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All legal systems deal with the same basic issues, but jurisdictions categorise and identify their legal topics in different ways. A common distinction is

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Economics
In the 18th century, Adam Smithpresented a philosophical foundation for explaining the relationship between

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There are distinguished methods of legal reasoning (applying the law) and methods of interpreting (construing) the law. The former are legal syllogism, which holds sway in civil law legal systems, analogy, which is present in common law legal systems, especially in the

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