Famous jurists in Jurisprudence

Aristotle is also known as the father of natural law. He talked about the importance of natural
law in the society and as we know he was correct since even in modern times a lot of tribunals
across the world function on the basis of natural law and natural justice.

Thomas Aquinas distinguished four kinds of law and they were eternal law, natural law, human
law and divine law. So for him, eternal law was made by God himself and natural law is
discovered by motivation from the eternal law. Divine law are the laws which are God’s
scriptures and human law is made by man.

John Austin opposed the theory of natural law. He wanted to convert law into science and he
was positivist. The reason why he was a positivist is that he believed all the laws that are
existent today can be drawn back to mortal lawmakers.

Conclusion
So in this article, we saw how Jurisprudence is different from the law we practise in general.
Jurisprudence helps lawyers and judges to find the real sense of law. We came across various
legal theories and how they have affected society and the law. Jurisprudence is an important
part of the law and it can never be separated from it.