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jurisprudence

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formal the study of law a professor of jurisprudence

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Recent Examples of jurisprudence In his dissenting opinion, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the majority had destabilized longstanding Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026 Writing for the majority, Justice Jackson produced one of the most celebrated passages in American jurisprudence. — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 The liberal Warren and Burger courts dominated American jurisprudence from 1953 to 1986. — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026 The recent Mother’s Day confrontation at Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse in Little Rock arrived accompanied by cellphone footage, influencer commentary, competing eyewitness narratives, reaction videos and enough online forensic analysis to qualify as a minor branch of cable-news jurisprudence. — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for jurisprudence

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In addition, a law creating new asylum eligibility requirements, including new time limits for applying, went into effect earlier this year.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Steven Baicker-McKee, a law professor at Duquesne University and an expert in civil procedure, told CNBC that an advisory jury amounts to an add-on to a bench trial.

— Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

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But state and county offices, courts and judiciary facilities and most public schools in Oahu, Maui and Kauai counties will reopen.

— Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
As Khodarkovsky puts it, the Russian executive was also the judiciary, a feature that lasted well into the nineteenth century.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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The give and take between the institutionalist Ransom and the take-matters-into-your-own-hands Tom mirrors long-running debates in American society about law and order and justice.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 21 Aug. 2026
Four suspects pleaded guilty, including mastermind David Voss, and Benji admitted guilt and had his case administered through a First Nations restorative justice program, while charges against two were dropped, CityNews notes.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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