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Recent Examples of jurisprudence
The scholars included a variety of specialists, including experts in the text of the Quran, jurisprudence, and calligraphy.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Sep. 2025
These aren't abstract values—they're the building blocks of Anglo-American jurisprudence and the Western moral and legal tradition.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
One is a law to legalize euthanasia, which has wide support, including from his daughter Dorotea (Anna Ferzetti), a formidable jurisprudence scholar herself.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Daimeon Shanks is a doctoral candidate in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program at Berkeley Law, studying legal history, jurisprudence, and political philosophy.
—Lauren Gifford, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Sep. 2025
These aren't abstract values—they're the building blocks of Anglo-American jurisprudence and the Western moral and legal tradition.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
One is a law to legalize euthanasia, which has wide support, including from his daughter Dorotea (Anna Ferzetti), a formidable jurisprudence scholar herself.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Daimeon Shanks is a doctoral candidate in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program at Berkeley Law, studying legal history, jurisprudence, and political philosophy.
—Lauren Gifford, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jurisprudence
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Palestinians in the West Bank are subject to military law, while Israeli settlers are subject to Israeli civilian law.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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More than half of states now have some form of school cellphone ban enshrined in law, and about two-thirds of school principals reported in a recent RAND survey that their schools have an all-day cellphone ban in place.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Nov. 2025
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Twice, the administration appealed, contending that the judiciary had usurped Congress's spending power by directing the executive branch to find the money.—
James Sample,
ABC News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Pezeshkian doesn’t control the judiciary, the security forces, or the Center for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which is tasked with pushing women to wear hijab (its leaders are appointed by the Friday prayer leaders’ council, whose members are in turn appointed by Khamenei).—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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There is no dignity, and no justice, in a system that buries an elderly woman alive in silence.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Every Black person has an uncle who is hard-core about racial justice, and mine was equally hard-core in his disapproval of Sammy’s choice.—
Questlove,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Jurisprudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurisprudence. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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